Chapter 1 of The Foundling is here in full — 43 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Foundling is here in full — 43 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE. In Two Parts. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.” DEUTERONOMY xxxii. v.
Chapter 1 of The Foundling is here in full — 43 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
From this reading “THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.”
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
past form of “instruct” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading “THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.”
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
In this reading “In Two Parts.”
In this reading ““He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
a young person of either sex
From this reading THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law
From this reading DEUTERONOMY xxxii. v.
the organ of sight
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
set up or found
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
From this reading THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Two Parts.
past form of “instruct” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.
the local environment
From this reading In Two Parts.
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FOUNDLING; OR, THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading In Two Parts.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading DEUTERONOMY xxxii. v.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
being two more than thirty
From this reading DEUTERONOMY xxxii. v.
Chapter 1 of The Foundling by J. (John) Church holds 43 sentences, grouped into 9 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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