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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

Chapter XXXIX

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Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.
Out then with--what treatise?
_Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.
Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.
That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.
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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

Chapter XXXIX

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Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.
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Out then with--what treatise?
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_Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.
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Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.
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That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Complete noun US /complete/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.”

Exact adjective US /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading “Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.”

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.”

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.”

All words in this reading · 93

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Adds

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

air

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

bag

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

Bone-piped

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

Breath

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

breath-distent

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

bright

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

comes

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

CompletenounUS /complete/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.

conductor

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

cool

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

courage

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

d

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

dances

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

discardest

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

divides

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

dusky

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Easy

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

emptied

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

exempted

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

expend

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Fit

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

flautist

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Flute

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From this reading _Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.

Flute-piece

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Follow

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Harder

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Hardest

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

hoarse

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

hour-glass

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

How

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From this reading _Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.

husky

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Instructor

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From this reading _Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.

judges

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

lawful

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

leisure

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

lief

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

Madden

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

maltreats

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

Mayst

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Meant

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Minutes

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Multiplies

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

native

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

Noonday-hour's

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

now

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

once

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Out

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From this reading Out then with--what treatise?

persistent

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

petis

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

play

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From this reading _Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.

pleasure

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

porridge

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Possibly

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

Quid

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

rare

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

s

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

sand

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Shows

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

some

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

spend

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

subtracts

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Then

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

toil

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From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Tootlings

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

treatise

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From this reading Out then with--what treatise?

Tulou's

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.

tunes

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Adds, divides, subtracts and Multiplies, until he judges Noonday-hour's exact sand Shows the hour-glass emptied: Then comes lawful leisure, Minutes rare from toil exempted, Fit to spend in pleasure.

Up

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Out then with--what treatise?

wheezy

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From this reading Quid petis?_ Follow Youth's conductor On and on, through _Easy_, Up to _Harder_, _Hardest_ _Flute-piece_, till thou, flautist wheezy, Possibly discardest Tootlings hoarse and husky, Mayst expend with courage Breath--on tunes once bright, now dusky-- Meant to cool thy porridge.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Out then with--what treatise?

Youth's

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From this reading _Youth's Complete Instructor_ _How to play the Flute.

Zulu's

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From this reading That 's an air of Tulou's He maltreats persistent, Till as lief I 'd hear some Zulu's Bone-piped bag, breath-distent, Madden native dances.