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A House of Pomegranates
A House of Pomegranates

Chapter I · Chapter 1

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_Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915
IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.
His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.
The ladfor he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of agewas not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.
And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.
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A House of Pomegranates

Chapter I · Chapter 1

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_Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915
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IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.
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His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.
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The ladfor he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of agewas not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.
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And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.”

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1891

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

1908

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

1909

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

1911

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

1913

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

1915

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

4

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

8

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

a

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

according

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

age

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

all

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

almost

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

always

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

and

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

animal

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

as

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

at

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

back

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

bare-limbed

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

be

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

beautiful

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

before

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

being

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

bowing

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

brought

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

brown

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

but

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

by

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

ceremonious

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

chamber

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

chance

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

Co

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

coming

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

coronation

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

couch

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

courtier

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

courtiers

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Crown

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

cushions

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

day

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

deep

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

departure

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

Edition

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

Editions

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

embroidered

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

Etiquette

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

F'cap

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

fancied

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

Faun

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

few

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Fifth

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

First

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

fixed

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

flock

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

flung

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

following

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

for

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

forest

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

found

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

Fourth

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

from

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

goatherd

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

grave

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Great

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

ground

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

had

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Hall

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

hand

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

Handmade

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

hardly

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

he

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

heads

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

him

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

himself

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

his

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

hunters

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

I

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Illustrated

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

in

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

indeed

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

is

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Issued

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

IT

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

Japanese

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

Jessie

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

King

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

lad

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

last

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

leave

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

lessons

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

like

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

Limited

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

lying

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

manners

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Methuen

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

natural

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

need

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

newly

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

night

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

not

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

of

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

offence

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

on

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

only

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

open-mouthed

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

or

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

Palace

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Paper

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

pipe

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

poor

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

Professor

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Published

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

quite

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

receive

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

relief

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

retired

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

say

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Seventh

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

sigh

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

sitting

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

sixteen

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

Sixth

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

snared

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

soft

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

some

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

son

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

sorry

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

still

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

taken

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

the

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

their

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

them

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

there

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Third

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

to

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

up

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

upon

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

usage

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

Vellum

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

very

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

vo

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From this reading _Seventh Edition_ _First Published_ 1891 _First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited Editions on 1908 Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _Third Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1909 _Fourth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1911 _Fifth Edition_ ( ,, ) 1913 _Sixth Edition_ (_Crown_ 4_to_, _Illustrated by Jessie 1915 King_) _Seventh Edition_ (_F’cap._ 8_vo_) 1915

was

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

which

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

who

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From this reading His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence.

whose

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From this reading And, indeed, it was the hunters who had found him, coming upon him almost by chance as, bare-limbed and pipe in hand, he was following the flock of the poor goatherd who had brought him up, and whose son he had always fancied himself to be.

wild-eyed

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

with

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

woodland

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

years

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From this reading The lad—for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age—was not sorry at their departure, and had flung himself back with a deep sigh of relief on the soft cushions of his embroidered couch, lying there, wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun, or some young animal of the forest newly snared by the hunters.

young

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From this reading IT was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber.

Chapter 1 of A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 1 holds 155 sentences of A House of Pomegranates, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.

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