Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 256 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2167.
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Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
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Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 256 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 11 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #2167, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 106 minutes of reading across 256 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
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- Parish
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- Dennis
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- Pleasant
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- Parts
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