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With Edged Tools

With Edged Tools by Henry Seton Merriman is available here as the complete text, split into 1390 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Henry Seton Merriman40 chapters

With Edged Tools by Henry Seton Merriman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8939.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

With Edged Tools

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 1373 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Over the Old Ground 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Farewell 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Tragedy 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV With Edged Tools 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Under the Line 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Recruit 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII To Pass the Time 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Loango 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Compact 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI In Black and White 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Confidence 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV War 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Request 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Brought to the Scratch 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The First Consignment 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Second Consignment 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Mercury 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII To the Rescue 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII In Peril 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Off Duty 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV A Slow Recovery 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Old Birds 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII An Envoy 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Among Thorns 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII No Compromise 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Foul Play 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The Accursed Camp 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Extenuating Circumstance 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Sir John's Last Card 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII A Strong Friendship 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII A Long Debt 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Made Up 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 26 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of With Edged Tools by Henry Seton Merriman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8939, divided into 40 chapters and 1390 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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With Edged Tools is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting With Edged Tools as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1390 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 sections are gathered into 40 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of With Edged Tools can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of With Edged Tools can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of With Edged Tools?

Yes. All 6950 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8939 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of With Edged Tools is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #8939, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does With Edged Tools take to read?

About 579 minutes of reading across 1390 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in With Edged Tools

Words and structures a reader meets early in With Edged Tools, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Never
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Makes
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Mistakes
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Anything
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