Chapter 11 of The Poems of John Donne, Volume 2 (of 2) is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Poems of John Donne, Volume 2 (of 2) is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas. Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme: Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.' _Essais_, ii. 17.
Chapter 11 of The Poems of John Donne, Volume 2 (of 2) is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:”
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading “Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:”
plural of “serum” — an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
From this reading “Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:”
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From this reading 17.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.'
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.'
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading _Essais_, ii.
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.'
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _Essais_, ii.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.'
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.'
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
plural of “serum” — an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Ce que je seray doresnevant ce ne sera plus qu'un demy estre, ce ne sera plus moy; je m'eschappe les jours et me desrobe a moy mesme:
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From this reading Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.'
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From this reading Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas.
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