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Letters to His Son, 1750 On the Fine Art of

Letters to His Son, 1750 On the Fine Art of by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 241 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Letters to His Son, 1750 On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3354.

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 17 readings five lines each Open chapter

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