An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard
An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard by Thomas Gray is available here as the complete text, split into 45 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript by Thomas Gray. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #15409.
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An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard
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Yes. All 222 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #15409 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #15409, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Elegy
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- Wrote
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- Country
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- Church
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