Chapter 10 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOGG, JAMES. The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales. 8vo. pp. 476. Edinburgh, 1821. HOGG, JAMES.
Chapter 10 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
a lyric poet
From this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
-ing form of “consist” — originate
From this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
From this reading “Edinburgh, 1821.”
past form of “found” — set up or found
From this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
From this reading “HOGG, JAMES.”
so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
From this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
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In this reading “The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.”
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From this reading Edinburgh, 1821.
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From this reading 8vo. pp. 476.
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From this reading 8vo. pp. 476.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
a lyric poet
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
-ing form of “consist” — originate
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
From this reading Edinburgh, 1821.
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
past form of “found” — set up or found
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
From this reading HOGG, JAMES.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading HOGG, JAMES.
so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
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From this reading 8vo. pp. 476.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading The Mountain Bard, consisting of Ballads and Songs founded on Facts and Legendary Tales.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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From this reading 8vo. pp. 476.
Chapter 10 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy by Allan Ramsay holds 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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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