Chapter 4 of The Prose Works of William Wordsworth is here in full — 1151 sentences across 231 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Prose Works of William Wordsworth is here in full — 1151 sentences across 231 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
215. *_Sonnet_ IV. 'Fame tells of Groves,' &c. Wallachia is the country alluded to. 216.
Chapter 4 of The Prose Works of William Wordsworth is here in full — 1151 sentences across 231 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “allude” — make a more or less disguised reference to
From this reading “Wallachia is the country alluded to.”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “Wallachia is the country alluded to.”
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading “'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.”
United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)
From this reading “'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.”
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.”
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From this reading 215.
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From this reading 216.
past form of “allude” — make a more or less disguised reference to
From this reading Wallachia is the country alluded to.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading 'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Wallachia is the country alluded to.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading 'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.
United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)
From this reading 'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wallachia is the country alluded to.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading *_Sonnet_ IV.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
From this reading *_Sonnet_ IV.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading 'Fame tells of Groves,' &c.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wallachia is the country alluded to.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wallachia is the country alluded to.
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From this reading Wallachia is the country alluded to.
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