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Black Forest Village Stories

Chapter XII

Chapter 12 of Black Forest Village Stories is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.
Would you once more seek to find me?
Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.
"Now good-bye, beloved mother, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.
You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Black Forest Village Stories

Chapter XII

Chapter 12 of Black Forest Village Stories is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.
/naʊ ɡɪdˈbaɪ bɪˈlʌvd ˈfɑːðər naʊ ɡɪdˈbaɪ soʊ fer jiː wel/
Line 2
Would you once more seek to find me?
/wʊd juː wʌns mɔːr siːk tuː faɪnd miː/
Line 3
Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.
/klaɪm ðə ˈlɔːfti hɪlz bɪˈhaɪnd miː lʊk ˈɪntuː ðɪs ˈloʊli del naʊ ɡɪdˈbaɪ soʊ fer jiː wel/
Line 4
"Now good-bye, beloved mother, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.
/naʊ ɡɪdˈbaɪ bɪˈlʌvd ˈmʌðər naʊ ɡɪdˈbaɪ soʊ fer jiː wel/
Line 5
You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

anguish noun US /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

extreme mental distress

From this reading “You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.”

blessing noun US /ˈblesɪŋ/

the formal act of approving

From this reading “You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.”

Climb verb US /klaɪm/

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

From this reading “Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

dell noun US /del/

a small wooded hollow

From this reading “Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

dwell verb US /dwel/

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading “You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.”

fare noun US /fer/

an agenda of things to do

From this reading “"Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

lofty adjective US /ˈlɔːfti/

of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

From this reading “Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

lowly adjective US /ˈloʊli/

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading “Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

once more adverb + adjective

anew

In this reading “Would you once more seek to find me?”

lofty hills adjective + noun counted as “lofty hill”

In this reading “Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

beloved mother adjective + noun

In this reading “"Now good-bye, beloved mother, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

Look into verb + particle

investigate scientifically

In this reading “Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.”

All words in this reading · 39

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

anguishnounUS /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

extreme mental distress

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

bearverbUS /ber/

have

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

belovedadjectiveUS /bɪˈlʌvd/

dearly loved

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

blessingnounUS /ˈblesɪŋ/

the formal act of approving

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

ChurchnounUS /tʃɜːrtʃ/

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

ClimbverbUS /klaɪm/

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

dellnounUS /del/

a small wooded hollow

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

dwellverbUS /dwel/

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

farenounUS /fer/

an agenda of things to do

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

findverbUS /faɪnd/

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

good-byenounUS /ɡɪdˈbaɪ/

a farewell remark

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

hillsnounUS /hɪlz/

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

loftyadjectiveUS /ˈlɔːfti/

of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

LookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

lowlyadjectiveUS /ˈloʊli/

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved mother, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

NowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

onceadverbUS /wʌns/

on one occasion

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

seekverbUS /siːk/

try to get or reach

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Climb the lofty hills behind me, Look into this lowly dell, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

uprear

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

welladverbUS /wel/

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

yepronounUS /jiː/

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading "Now good-bye, beloved father, Now good-bye: so fare ye well.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Would you once more seek to find me?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

Chapter 12 of Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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.

What does chapter 12 of Black Forest Village Stories contain?

Chapter 12 holds 387 sentences of Black Forest Village Stories, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 12 of Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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.

How do I study chapter 12 of Black Forest Village Stories?

Work through the 78 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 78 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.

Can chapter 12 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Black Forest Village Stories

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Is this the complete text of Black Forest Village Stories?

Yes. All 7243 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32517 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #32517, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Black Forest Village Stories take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1449 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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