Chapter 14 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Regredience_, return. 657. A HYMN TO THE MUSES. O you the virgins nine! That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
Chapter 14 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/68 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a branch of knowledge
From this reading “That do our souls incline To noble discipline!”
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “A HYMN TO THE MUSES.”
an elevated geological formation
From this reading “That do our souls incline To noble discipline!”
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading “A HYMN TO THE MUSES.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading “O you the virgins nine!”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “That do our souls incline To noble discipline!”
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “That do our souls incline To noble discipline!”
plural of “virgin” — a person who has never had sex
From this reading “O you the virgins nine!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 657.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A HYMN TO THE MUSES.
a branch of knowledge
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading A HYMN TO THE MUSES.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading A HYMN TO THE MUSES.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading O you the virgins nine!
impressive in appearance
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O you the virgins nine!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Regredience_, return.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading _Regredience_, return.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That do our souls incline To noble discipline!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A HYMN TO THE MUSES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A HYMN TO THE MUSES.
plural of “virgin” — a person who has never had sex
From this reading O you the virgins nine!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O you the virgins nine!
Chapter 14 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 by Robert Herrick holds 344 sentences, grouped into 69 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 14 holds 344 sentences of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 by Robert Herrick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 344 sentences, grouped into 69 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.
Work through the 69 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 69 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 by Robert Herrick on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 12003 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #22421 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #22421, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 2401 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 35 chapters of The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
