Chapter 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — Vol. 07 is here in full — 1325 sentences across 265 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — Vol. 07 is here in full — 1325 sentences across 265 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAP. I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II. Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III. Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364 IV. Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
Chapter 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — Vol. 07 is here in full — 1325 sentences across 265 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a boy or man
From this reading “CHAP.”
someone who is victorious by force of arms
From this reading “Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.”
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading “I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.”
the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
From this reading “I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.”
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.”
have sovereign power
From this reading “Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.”
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.”
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From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
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From this reading Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.
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From this reading Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364 IV.
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From this reading Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
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From this reading Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
a boy or man
From this reading CHAP.
someone who is victorious by force of arms
From this reading Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.
the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364 IV.
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
have sovereign power
From this reading Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.
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From this reading Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364 IV.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364 IV.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
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From this reading Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus 364 IV.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Reign of Henry I 375 V. Reign of Stephen 386 VI.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading I. View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion 327 II.
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From this reading Reign of William the Conqueror 335 III.
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