Chapter 3 of Verses for Children, and Songs for Music is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Verses for Children, and Songs for Music is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_). This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.] THE PROMISE. CHILD. Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
Chapter 3 of Verses for Children, and Songs for Music is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading “Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.”
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading “[Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]”
the production of young from an egg
From this reading “Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.”
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading “[Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).”
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading “Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.”
in an abundant manner
From this reading “This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]”
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading “Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.”
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From this reading [Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).
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From this reading [Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
a young person of either sex
From this reading CHILD.
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading [Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).
annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers
From this reading [Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]
the production of young from an egg
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading [Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]
in an abundant manner
From this reading This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]
make a promise or commitment
From this reading THE PROMISE.
growing on or living among rocks
From this reading [Footnote 6: Heath bed-straw (_Galium Saxatile_).
be seated
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROMISE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
(of plants) having white flowers
From this reading This white-flowered bed-straw grows profusely on Hampstead Heath.]
in the company of; together with
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Five blue eggs hatching, With bright eyes watching, Little brown mother, you sit on your nest.
Chapter 3 of Verses for Children, and Songs for Music by Juliana Horatia Ewing holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 3 holds 378 sentences of Verses for Children, and Songs for Music, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Verses for Children, and Songs for Music by Juliana Horatia Ewing exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 378 sentences, grouped into 76 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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