Chapter 29 of The High History of the Holy Graal is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The High History of the Holy Graal is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The knights were come about the tents. The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly. The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come. Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly. VIII.
Chapter 29 of The High History of the Holy Graal is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
From this reading “Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.”
a young unmarried woman
From this reading “The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.”
plural of “fellowship” — an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
From this reading “Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.”
(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table
From this reading “The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.”
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “The knights were come about the tents.”
an authoritative rule
From this reading “Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.”
to an ample degree or in an ample manner
From this reading “The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.”
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “The knights were come about the tents.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The knights were come about the tents.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
a small circle
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The knights were come about the tents.
a young unmarried woman
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
plural of “fellowship” — an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading The knights were come about the tents.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
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From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
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From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
an authoritative rule
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
to an ample degree or in an ample manner
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
precisely, exactly
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading The knights were come about the tents.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The knights were come about the tents.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
From this reading VIII.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The damsel that should give the Golden Circlet was come.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The knights were come about the tents.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nabigant of the Rock had brought great fellowships of knights together with him, and ordinance was made for the assembly.
Chapter 29 of The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian [Translator] Evans holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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