Chapter 1 of Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SONGS. Books for the Hour! Great Soldiers and Generals. BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY. Each Issue Complete.
Chapter 1 of Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
of or relating to or being biography
From this reading “BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “Each Issue Complete.”
a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
From this reading “BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.”
plural of “general” — a general officer of the highest rank
From this reading “Great Soldiers and Generals.”
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading “Each Issue Complete.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.”
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “Great Soldiers and Generals.”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “SONGS.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Books for the Hour!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Great Soldiers and Generals.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.
of or relating to or being biography
From this reading BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Books for the Hour!
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Each Issue Complete.
a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
From this reading BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each Issue Complete.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Books for the Hour!
plural of “general” — a general officer of the highest rank
From this reading Great Soldiers and Generals.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Great Soldiers and Generals.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Books for the Hour!
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading Each Issue Complete.
a room where books are kept
From this reading BEADLE’S DIME BIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading Great Soldiers and Generals.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading SONGS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Books for the Hour!
Chapter 1 of Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 by Various holds 382 sentences, grouped into 77 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 382 sentences of Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 382 sentences, grouped into 77 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.
Work through the 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 77 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 63 minutes of reading across 153 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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