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Chapter 11 of The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12 is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Q. Ign_. Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us. _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer. _Fust_. Hey-day! where's Common Sense's army?
Chapter 11 of The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12 is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading “Hey-day! where's Common Sense's army?”
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “_Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.”
take exception to
From this reading “Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.”
someone who plays a drum
From this reading “_Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.”
to come or go into
come together
From this reading “Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “_Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading Hey-day! where's Common Sense's army?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
take exception to
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
someone who plays a drum
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
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From this reading _Fust_.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
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From this reading Hey-day! where's Common Sense's army?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
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From this reading _Q. Ign_.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
come together
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
the force of workers available
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
From this reading _Q. Ign_.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
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From this reading Hey-day! where's Common Sense's army?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Draw up my men, I'll meet her as I ought; This day shall end the long dispute between us.
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From this reading Hey-day! where's Common Sense's army?
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Enter_ Queen COMMON SENSE _with a_ Drummer.
Chapter 11 of The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12 by Henry Fielding holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
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