Chapter 1 of Autumn Leaves is here in full — 466 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Autumn Leaves is here in full — 466 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Note: Images of the original pages are available through the Wright American Fiction Project (http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/) of the Library Electronic Text Service of Indiana University. AUTUMN LEAVES. Original Pieces in Prose and Verse. (ANNA WALES ABBOT, Ed.) "Our wits are so diversely colored."--Shakespeare.
Chapter 1 of Autumn Leaves is here in full — 466 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the superior of an abbey of monks
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obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
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of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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a state in midwestern United States
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one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
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the superior of an abbey of monks
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a native or inhabitant of the United States
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
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obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
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having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading "Our wits are so diversely colored."--Shakespeare.
in diverse ways
From this reading "Our wits are so diversely colored."--Shakespeare.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
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of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
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a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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a state in midwestern United States
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plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
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a room where books are kept
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a brief written record
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
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belonging to the speaker and others
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plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
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communicate vividly
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ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
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work done by one person or group that benefits another
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English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
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for that reason; with the result that
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the words of something written
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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from one end or side of something to the other
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the body of faculty and students at a university
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literature in metrical form
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a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
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one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
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United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
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computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
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Chapter 1 of Autumn Leaves by Anne W. (Anne Wales) [Editor] Abbot holds 466 sentences, grouped into 94 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 1 holds 466 sentences of Autumn Leaves, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Autumn Leaves by Anne W. (Anne Wales) [Editor] Abbot exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 466 sentences, grouped into 94 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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