Chapter 13 of Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What, and miss seeing the country?" I cried. "Seeing the country! Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant! What is there to see in that?"
Chapter 13 of Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “"What, and miss seeing the country?"”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “I cried.”
let have
From this reading “Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!”
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading “Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “"What, and miss seeing the country?"”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “What is there to see in that?"”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “"What, and miss seeing the country?"”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "What, and miss seeing the country?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading "What, and miss seeing the country?"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried.
let have
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What is there to see in that?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is there to see in that?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "What, and miss seeing the country?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What is there to see in that?"
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading "What, and miss seeing the country?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What is there to see in that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What, and miss seeing the country?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading What is there to see in that?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What is there to see in that?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What, and miss seeing the country?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Lor', what a baby you are, Mars Grant!
Chapter 13 of Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden by George Manville Fenn holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 13 holds 431 sentences of Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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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