Chapter 1 of Tramping With a Poet in the Rockies is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Tramping With a Poet in the Rockies is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?” Vachel Lindsay is the poet. He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_. He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_. He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
Chapter 1 of Tramping With a Poet in the Rockies is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having help; often used as a combining form
From this reading “He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.”
a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches
From this reading “He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.”
a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.”
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
From this reading “Vachel Lindsay is the poet.”
full and loud and deep
From this reading “He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.”
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.
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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 He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
having help; often used as a combining form
From this reading He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
in addition
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
confined by bonds
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
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 BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Vachel Lindsay is the poet.
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
From this reading Vachel Lindsay is the poet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
a separate part of a whole
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading Vachel Lindsay is the poet.
someone who recites from memory
From this reading He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
full and loud and deep
From this reading He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Vachel Lindsay is the poet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vachel Lindsay is the poet.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading BY STEPHEN GRAHAM AUTHOR OF “EUROPE--WHITHER BOUND?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He is best known as the author of _General William Booth Enters Heaven_, _The Congo_ and _Johnny Appleseed_.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading He is a wonderful reciter, and is aided by a sonorous, heaven-reaching voice.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading He also wrote a highly comical piece called _The Daniel Jazz_.
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