Chapter 10 of Zanoni is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Zanoni is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch! Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich! “Das Ideal und das Leben.” Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing? Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
Chapter 10 of Zanoni is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
From this reading “Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!”
plural of “au” — a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
From this reading “Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!”
constricted in size
From this reading “Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.”
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
From this reading ““Das Ideal und das Leben.””
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.”
the German state
From this reading “Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!”
rise rapidly
From this reading “Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?”
an old form of “would”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
plural of “au” — a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
put or send forth
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
constricted in size
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
From this reading “Das Ideal und das Leben.”
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From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
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From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
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From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
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From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
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From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
directed toward heaven or the sky
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading “Das Ideal und das Leben.”
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From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
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From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
the German state
From this reading Fliehet aus dem engen dumpfen Leben In des Ideales Reich!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
rise rapidly
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
the season of growth
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Cast off the earthly burden of the Real; High from this cramped and dungeoned being, spring Into the realm of the Ideal.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
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From this reading “Das Ideal und das Leben.”
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
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From this reading Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flugeln schweben, Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
an old form of “would”, used with “thou”
From this reading Wouldst thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
Chapter 10 of Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 152 sentences of Zanoni, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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