Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral
Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral by Marietta Holley is available here as the complete text, split into 90 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral
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Yes. All 450 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #59100 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Vocabulary met early in Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral
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- Perry
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- Funeral
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- Copyright
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- Lippincott
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