Chapter 1 of The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication is here in full — 580 sentences across 116 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication is here in full — 580 sentences across 116 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOD GRAY POET. A VINDICATION. NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET. 1866. THE GOOD GRAY POET.
Chapter 1 of The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication is here in full — 580 sentences across 116 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
From this reading “NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “GOOD GRAY POET.”
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading “NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.”
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “GOOD GRAY POET.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.”
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
From this reading “A VINDICATION.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.”
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From this reading 1866.
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From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A VINDICATION.
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From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading GOOD GRAY POET.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading GOOD GRAY POET.
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading GOOD GRAY POET.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOOD GRAY POET.
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
From this reading A VINDICATION.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK: BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, 459, BROOME STREET.
Chapter 1 of The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication by William Douglas O'Connor holds 580 sentences, grouped into 116 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.
Chapter 1 holds 580 sentences of The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication, unabridged, divided into 116 reading sections.
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