Chapter 2 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume II is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume II is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_. OVID, Am. Lib. i. vii. 25. Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
Chapter 2 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume II is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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show off
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
exceedingly harmful
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading “Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.”
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From this reading 25.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading OVID, Am.
show off
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Lib. i. vii.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
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From this reading Lib. i. vii.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading OVID, Am.
exceedingly harmful
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Lib. i. vii.
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From this reading _In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain_.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of strength pernicious to myself I boast; The pow'rs I have were given me to my cost.
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