Chapter 7 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
360. AN HYMN TO JUNO. Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee. 362. UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.
Chapter 7 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of or relating to a wedding
From this reading “Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.”
a female deity
From this reading “Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.”
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “AN HYMN TO JUNO.”
(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera
From this reading “AN HYMN TO JUNO.”
plural of “marriage” — the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.”
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
From this reading “Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.”
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading “UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.”
take in marriage
From this reading “Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.”
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From this reading 360.
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From this reading 362.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN HYMN TO JUNO.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
of or relating to a wedding
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
put on clothes
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
a female deity
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading AN HYMN TO JUNO.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera
From this reading AN HYMN TO JUNO.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
plural of “marriage” — the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)
From this reading UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.
impressive in appearance
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN HYMN TO JUNO.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
take in marriage
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
at the time that
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
which person or people
From this reading Stately goddess, do thou please, Who are chief at marriages, But to dress the bridal bed When my love and I shall wed; And a peacock proud shall be Offered up by us to thee.
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