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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Measure of a Man is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest! Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth! There O God! Thou art. When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
Chapter 13 of The Measure of a Man is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!”
intentionally conceived
From this reading “Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!”
the first light of day
From this reading “When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.”
third-person singular of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!”
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading “Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!”
plural of “limit” — the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading “Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!”
filled or abounding with fog or mist
From this reading “When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.”
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading “Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
intentionally conceived
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
the first light of day
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
third-person singular of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading There O God!
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
being deepest within the self
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
plural of “limit” — the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
filled or abounding with fog or mist
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
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 There O God!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS Go in peace, soul beautiful and blest!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There O God!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
at the time that
From this reading When John reached London it was in the gray misty dawning.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet high above the limits of our seeing, And folded far within the inmost heart, And deep below the deeps of conscious being, Thy splendor shineth!
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