Chapter 18 of Captain Paul is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of Captain Paul is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh! my mother! You do not know the heart that you have pierced! I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge? Never on thee. Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
Chapter 18 of Captain Paul is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?”
take revenge for a perceived wrong
From this reading “I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?”
brought into existence
From this reading “Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.”
having a hole cut through
From this reading “You do not know the heart that you have pierced!”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Never on thee.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?”
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
take revenge for a perceived wrong
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
brought into existence
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Oh! my mother!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh! my mother!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never on thee.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! my mother!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Never on thee.
having a hole cut through
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
a male human offspring
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Never on thee.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I--I--thy son--thine Arthur--I avenge?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Live happy--love my brother-- Forget that I was born.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You do not know the heart that you have pierced!
Chapter 18 of Captain Paul by Alexandre Dumas holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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 18 holds 94 sentences of Captain Paul, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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