Joe Miller's Jests, with Copious Additions
Joe Miller's Jests, with Copious Additions by John [Compiler] Mottley is available here as the complete text, split into 1039 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Joe Miller's Jests, with Copious Additions is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #43326, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 432 minutes of reading across 1039 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Copious
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- Frank
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