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Chapter 27 of Capitola's peril is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MANIAC'S STORY. A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell! Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad! I am not mad! --M. G. Lewis.
Chapter 27 of Capitola's peril is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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bound with chains
From this reading “Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!”
possessive form of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading “Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!”
reproduced fraudulently
From this reading “A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!”
feel grief
From this reading “Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “--M. G. Lewis.”
acting with a specific goal
From this reading “A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!”
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading “Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!”
a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
From this reading “Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
regret strongly
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
bound with chains
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
give encouragement to
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
possessive form of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
reproduced fraudulently
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading --M. G. Lewis.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
feel grief
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading --M. G. Lewis.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading --M. G. Lewis.
roused to anger
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
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From this reading THE MANIAC'S STORY.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
on one occasion
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
acting with a specific goal
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE MANIAC'S STORY.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
express in words
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MANIAC'S STORY.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
From this reading Oh, haste my daughter's heart to cheer, Her heart, at once, 'twill grieve and glad To know, tho' chained and captive here, I am not mad!
not known
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading A scheming villain forged the tale That chains me in this dreary cell, My fate unknown, my friends bewail, Oh, doctor, haste that fate to tell!
Chapter 27 of Capitola's peril by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
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