Chapter 9 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_. KECKSIES. _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility. _Henry V_, act v, sc. 2 (51).
Chapter 9 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “berry” — any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading “[132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.”
a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
plural of “dock” — an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading “_Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.”
Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
From this reading “[132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.”
graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
From this reading “[132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.”
third-person singular of “teem” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading “_Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.”
plural of “thistle” — any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading “_Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.”
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
From this reading “_Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.”
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From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
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From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
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From this reading 2 (51).
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From this reading 2 (51).
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading _Henry V_, act v, sc.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
plural of “berry” — any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
the two together, not just one
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
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From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
plural of “dock” — an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
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From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
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From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading _Henry V_, act v, sc.
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From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
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From this reading KECKSIES.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
From this reading _Henry V_, act v, sc.
graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
third-person singular of “teem” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [132:1] "The Ivy-mesh Shading the Ethiop berries."--KEATS, _Endymion_.
plural of “thistle” — any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
From this reading _Burgundy._ And nothing teems But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading _Henry V_, act v, sc.
Chapter 9 of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe holds 335 sentences, grouped into 67 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 9 holds 335 sentences of The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
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