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Chapter 1 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume II is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. IN NINE VOLUMES. VOLUME THE EIGHTH. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
Chapter 1 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume II is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
someone whose job is to dye cloth
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading “VOLUME THE EIGHTH.”
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
plural of “philip” — Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
From this reading “Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.”
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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 Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729)
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
someone whose job is to dye cloth
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading VOLUME THE EIGHTH.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN NINE VOLUMES.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
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From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading IN NINE VOLUMES.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
plural of “philip” — Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
earlier in time
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
moving very fast
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading VOLUME THE EIGHTH.
plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading IN NINE VOLUMES.
English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
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From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Gay Granville Yalden Tickell Hammond Somervile Savage Swift Broome Pope Pitt Thomson Watts A. Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Young Mallet Akenside Gray Lyttelton PRIOR.
Chapter 1 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume II by Samuel Johnson holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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