Chapter 15 of The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel is here in full — 490 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel is here in full — 490 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.] [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.] [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.] [Footnote 4: He did not.] [Footnote 5: 4 Hawk.
Chapter 15 of The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel is here in full — 490 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading “[Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]”
having a base
From this reading “[Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]”
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading “[Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]”
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading “[Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]”
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading “[Footnote 5: 4 Hawk.”
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
From this reading “[Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]”
plural of “regard” — (usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading “[Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]”
possessive form of “webster” — English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading “[Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]”
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From this reading [Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]
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From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
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From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
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From this reading [Footnote 4: He did not.]
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From this reading [Footnote 5: 4 Hawk.
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
in actual fact
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
having a base
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
the past participle of “be”
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
an occurrence of something
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
a person who is in charge
From this reading [Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading [Footnote 4: He did not.]
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading [Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading [Footnote 5: 4 Hawk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [Footnote 4: He did not.]
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading [Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]
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From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
a form of address for a man
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading [Footnote 4: He did not.]
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
From this reading [Footnote 1: Chief Justice Parker.]
plural of “regard” — (usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Footnote 2: This seems to have been actually the case as regards J.F. Knapp.]
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
possessive form of “webster” — English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
but in spite of that
From this reading [Footnote 3: And yet this argument, so absurd in Mr. Webster's opinion, was based on the exact fact.]
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