Chapter 11 of The Hawk of Egypt is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Hawk of Egypt is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_." OMAR KHAYYAM.
Chapter 11 of The Hawk of Egypt is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
a pair of people who live together
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading “Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
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plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
a pair of people who live together
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OMAR KHAYYAM.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays_."
Chapter 11 of The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest holds 85 sentences, grouped into 17 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 11 holds 85 sentences of The Hawk of Egypt, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 85 sentences, grouped into 17 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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