Chapter 1 of Blind Policy is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Blind Policy is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ BLIND POLICY, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. CHAPTER ONE. IN RAYBECK SQUARE. "Oh, you wicked old woman!
Chapter 1 of Blind Policy is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “"Oh, you wicked old woman!”
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
From this reading “Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.”
make square
From this reading “IN RAYBECK SQUARE.”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “"Oh, you wicked old woman!”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “"Oh, you wicked old woman!”
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a woman who is old
In this reading “"Oh, you wicked old woman!”
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN RAYBECK SQUARE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, you wicked old woman!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Oh, you wicked old woman!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
From this reading Blind Policy, by George Manville Fenn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN RAYBECK SQUARE.
make square
From this reading IN RAYBECK SQUARE.
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading "Oh, you wicked old woman!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Oh, you wicked old woman!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, you wicked old woman!
Chapter 1 of Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 409 sentences of Blind Policy, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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.
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About 382 minutes of reading across 919 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Blind Policy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
