Chapter 1 of The Works of William Cowper is here in full — 18781 sentences across 3757 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Works of William Cowper is here in full — 18781 sentences across 3757 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. WILLIAM COWPER. WILLIAM COWPER. In one Volume. London.
Chapter 1 of The Works of William Cowper is here in full — 18781 sentences across 3757 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
From this reading “WILLIAM COWPER.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “London.”
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
the words of something written
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “In one Volume.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
In this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
From this reading WILLIAM COWPER.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In one Volume.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading London.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In one Volume.
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
the words of something written
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading In one Volume.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WILLIAM COWPER.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
Chapter 1 of The Works of William Cowper by William Cowper holds 18781 sentences, grouped into 3757 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.
Chapter 1 holds 18781 sentences of The Works of William Cowper, unabridged, divided into 3757 reading sections.
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