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Chapter 6 of The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Variant 105: 1836. Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand. 1815.] [Variant 106: 1836. Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
Chapter 6 of The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.”
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
From this reading “Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.”
plural of “herd” — a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
From this reading “Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.”
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.”
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading “Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading “Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.”
an event that departs from expectations
From this reading “[Variant 105: 1836.”
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From this reading [Variant 105: 1836.
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From this reading [Variant 106: 1836.
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From this reading 1815.]
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From this reading [Variant 105: 1836.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
plural of “herd” — a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
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From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
the upper part of anything
From this reading Thus does the father to his sons relate, On the lone mountain top, their changed estate.
an event that departs from expectations
From this reading [Variant 105: 1836.
accept gladly
From this reading Then the milk-thistle bade those herds demand Three times a day the pail and welcome hand.
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