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Past and Present — Vol. XIII

Past and Present — Vol. XIII by Thomas Carlyle is available here as the complete text, split into 856 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26159.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Past and Present — Vol. XIII

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  1. Chapter I 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 66 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Collected
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Works
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Present
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