Chapter 1 of Voces Populi is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Voces Populi is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC. RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY. SCENE--_A Suburban Hall. The Performance has not yet begun. The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
Chapter 1 of Voces Populi is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading “The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.”
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.”
-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.”
small in range or scope
From this reading “RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.”
filled with melancholy and despondency
From this reading “The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.”
a dramatic or musical entertainment
From this reading “The Performance has not yet begun.”
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
From this reading “SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.”
moral weakness
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.”
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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 SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
being one more than seventeen
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
small in range or scope
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
filled with melancholy and despondency
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
a dramatic or musical entertainment
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
by chance
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
From this reading SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
moral weakness
From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
but in spite of that
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
Chapter 1 of Voces Populi by F. Anstey holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 443 sentences of Voces Populi, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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