Chapter 23 of The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.] {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi. 187.] {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.] [700] [_Iliad_, x.
Chapter 23 of The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “{512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.”
harass with persistent criticism or carping
From this reading “[mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]”
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
From this reading “[mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “{512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.”
past form of “erase” — remove from memory or existence
From this reading “{513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]”
a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
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From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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From this reading 187.]
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From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
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From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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From this reading [700] [_Iliad_, x.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
harass with persistent criticism or carping
From this reading [mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
From this reading [mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]
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From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
past form of “erase” — remove from memory or existence
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy
From this reading [700] [_Iliad_, x.
the literary culture
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading [mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]
a radioactive transuranic element
From this reading [mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading [mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading [mt] _Nor bate (read bait)_----.--[MS.]
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
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 {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading {512}[699] [See letters to the Earl of Blessington, April 5, 1823, _Letters_, 1891, vi.
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
in the company of; together with
From this reading {513}[mu] _But full of wisdom_----.--[MS.] _A sort of rose entwining with a thistle_.--[MS. erased.]
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading [700] [_Iliad_, x.
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