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Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Bayard Taylor • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“Our board, that evening, was really tempting.

The absence of meat was compensated to us by the crisp and racy onions, and I craved only a little salt, which had been interdicted, as a most pernicious substance.

I sat at one corner of the table, beside Perkins Brown, who took an opportunity, while the others were engaged in conversation, to jog my elbow gently.

As I turned towards him, he said nothing, but dropped his eyes significantly.

The little rascal had the lid of a blacking-box, filled with salt, upon his knee, and was privately seasoning his onions and radishes.

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Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Bayard Taylor

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Chapter XVII

Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

“Our board, that evening, was really tempting. The absence of meat was compensated to us by the crisp and racy onions, and I craved only a little salt, which had been interdicted, as a most pernicious substance. I sat at one corner of the table, beside Perkins Brown, who took an opportunity, while the others were engaged in conversation, to jog my elbow gently. As I turned towards him, he said nothing, but dropped his eyes significantly. The little rascal had the lid of a blacking-box, filled with salt, upon his knee, and was privately seasoning his onions and radishes.

Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

“Our board, that evening, was really tempting.

Line 2

The absence of meat was compensated to us by the crisp and racy onions, and I craved only a little salt, which had been interdicted, as a most pernicious substance.

Line 3

I sat at one corner of the table, beside Perkins Brown, who took an opportunity, while the others were engaged in conversation, to jog my elbow gently.

Line 4

As I turned towards him, he said nothing, but dropped his eyes significantly.

Line 5

The little rascal had the lid of a blacking-box, filled with salt, upon his knee, and was privately seasoning his onions and radishes.

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a

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absence

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an

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and

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as

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at

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been

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beside

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blacking-box

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board

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Brown

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but

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by

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compensated

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conversation

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corner

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craved

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crisp

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dropped

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elbow

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engaged

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evening

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eyes

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filled

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gently

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had

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he

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him

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his

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I

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in

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interdicted

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jog

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knee

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lid

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little

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meat

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most

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my

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nothing

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of

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one

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onions

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only

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opportunity

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others

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Our

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Perkins

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pernicious

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privately

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racy

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From this reading The absence of meat was compensated to us by the crisp and racy onions, and I craved only a little salt, which had been interdicted, as a most pernicious substance.

radishes

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rascal

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really

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said

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salt

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sat

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seasoning

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significantly

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substance

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table

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tempting

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that

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The

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to

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took

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towards

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turned

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upon

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us

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was

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were

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which

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while

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who

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with

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Chapter 17 of Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Bayard Taylor holds 161 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.

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