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Angling Sketches

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It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.
Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.
Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.
He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.
And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.
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Angling Sketches

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Angling Sketches is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.
Line 2
Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.
Line 3
Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.
Line 4
He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.
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And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

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a

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From this reading Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.

affairs

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

against

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

alibi

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

Allen

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

an

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

And

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

any

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

as

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

at

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

attempting

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

be

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

been

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

Blocksby's

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

boy

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

business

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

by

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

chambers

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

charge

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

child

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

could

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

did

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

enough

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

established

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

evidence

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

far

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

gone

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

grief

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

had

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

have

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

he

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

him

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

hour

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

if

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

in

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

into

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

involved

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

is

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

Isaacs

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

Israel

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

It

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

Jew

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

Jew's

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

let

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

likely

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

mischief

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

no

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

not

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

of

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

perhaps

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From this reading Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.

position

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From this reading Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.

probable

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

prove

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

proving

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

saw

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

succeed

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

sworn

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

that

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

the

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

Then

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From this reading Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.

there

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

to

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

trouble

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

truthfully

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

unprecedented

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From this reading Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.

was

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

we

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

went

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

when

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From this reading He could have established an alibi, as far as the Jew's affairs went, by proving that he had been at Blocksby's at the hour when the boy would truthfully have sworn that he had let him into Isaacs' chambers.

where

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From this reading And, as far as the charge against him at Blocksby's went, the evidence of the young Jew would have gone to prove that he was at Isaacs', where he had no business to be, when we saw him at Blocksby's.

would

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From this reading Had there been any trouble, it is likely enough that he would have involved Allen in the grief.

young

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From this reading It is probable that the young child of Israel, if he had been attempting any mischief, did not succeed in it.

Chapter 10 of Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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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Fisher
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Well-wisher
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Several
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Sketches
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