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Angling Sketches

Chapter III · Chapter 3

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The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.
The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.
Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.
The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.
All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.
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Angling Sketches

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Angling Sketches is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.
Line 2
The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.
Line 3
Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.
Line 4
The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.
Line 5
All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

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a

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

All

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

anchored

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

and

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

anglers

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

are

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

argosies

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

attracts

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

Awe

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

be

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

beautiful

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

boatmen

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

boats

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

book

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

brought

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

built

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

but

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

capital

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

coasts

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

Colquhoun's

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

come

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

comfortable

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

company

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

couples

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

delightful

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

district

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

do

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

easy

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

excellent

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

expect

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

extremely

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

fishers

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

for

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

Glasgow

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

good

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

has

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

height

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

here

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

honeymoon

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

hotels

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From this reading The hotels are extremely comfortable, the boatmen are excellent boatmen, good fishers, and capital company.

in

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

is

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

it

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

lake

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

launches

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

Loch

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

made

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

many

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

Moor

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

Mr

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

multitudes

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

must

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

nature

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

north

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

not

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

of

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

off

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

old

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

on

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

once

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

pleasant

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

ply

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

railway

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

reach

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

reader

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

should

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

side

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

so

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

sport

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

steam

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

that

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

The

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

their

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

this

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From this reading All this is pleasant, but all this attracts multitudes of anglers, and it is not in nature that sport should be what it once was.

to

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

ugly

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

Villas

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

was

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

what

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From this reading The reader of Mr. Colquhoun's delightful old book, "The Moor and the Loch," must not expect Loch Awe to be what it once was.

which

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

whole

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From this reading Villas are built on many a beautiful height; here couples come for their honeymoon, here whole argosies of boats are anchored off the coasts, here do steam launches ply.

within

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From this reading The railway, which has made the north side of the lake so ugly, has brought the district within easy reach of Glasgow and of Edinburgh.

Chapter 3 of Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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.

What does chapter 3 of Angling Sketches contain?

Chapter 3 holds 164 sentences of Angling Sketches, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.

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About 131 minutes of reading across 315 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Angling Sketches

Words and structures a reader meets early in Angling Sketches, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Fisher
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Well-wisher
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Several
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Sketches
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