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Dickens-Land

Chapter I · Chapter 1

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_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.
To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.
Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.
And so it is with Dickens.
The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.
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Dickens-Land

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of Dickens-Land is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.
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To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.
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Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.
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And so it is with Dickens.
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The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

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adoption noun US /əˈdɑːpʃən/

the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

attaches noun US /əˈtætʃɪz/

plural of “attache” — a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

From this reading “The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.”

Cooling noun US /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

cult noun US /kʌlt/

followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

hero's noun US /ˈhɪroʊz/

possessive form of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

honeymoon noun US /ˈhʌnimuːn/

a holiday taken by a newly married couple

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

Jasper's noun US /ˈdʒæspərz/

possessive form of “jasper” — an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

ulster noun US /ˈʌlstər/

a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland

From this reading “_Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.”

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14

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

20

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

26

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

32

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

38

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

42

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

46

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

50

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

54

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

58

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

8

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

Abbotsford

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From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

accidentnounUS /ˈæksədənt/

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

From this reading The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

adoptionnounUS /əˈdɑːpʃən/

the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

associationsnounUS /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃənz/

plural of “association” — a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

attachesnounUS /əˈtætʃɪz/

plural of “attache” — a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

From this reading The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

Aylesford

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

BeautifuladjectiveUS /ˈbjuːtəfəl/

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

belovedadjectiveUS /bɪˈlʌvd/

dearly loved

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

birthnounUS /bɜːrθ/

the time when something begins (especially life)

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

BordernounUS /ˈbɔːrdər/

a line that indicates a boundary

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

BottlenounUS /ˈbɑːtəl/

a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

centraladjectiveUS /ˈsentrəl/

serving as an essential component

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

ChalknounUS /tʃɔːk/

A soft white limestone used for marking doors, stone walls, and slate.

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

ChurchnounUS /tʃɜːrtʃ/

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

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

Cobham

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

Cockermouth

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From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

comparisonnounUS /kəmˈperəsən/

the act of examining resemblances

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

CONNAUGHT

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

CoolingnounUS /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

cultnounUS /kʌlt/

followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

deepestadjectiveUS /ˈdiːpəst/

superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

DickensnounUS /ˈdɪkənz/

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

EdinburghnounUS /ˈedənbəroʊ/

the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

faintadjectiveUS /feɪnt/

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

Frontispiecenoun

an ornamental facade

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

Gadshill

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

GardensnounUS /ˈɡɑːrdənz/

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

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GatewaynounUS /ˈɡeɪtweɪ/

an entrance that can be closed by a gate

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

geniusnounUS /ˈdʒiːnjəs/

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

Grasmere

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From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

hero'snounUS /ˈhɪroʊz/

possessive form of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

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honeymoonnounUS /ˈhʌnimuːn/

a holiday taken by a newly married couple

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HousenounUS /haʊs/

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

interestnounUS /ˈɪntrəst/

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

IrelandnounUS /ˈaɪərlənd/

a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And so it is with Dickens.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

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Jasper'snounUS /ˈdʒæspərz/

possessive form of “jasper” — an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone

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Landport

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From this reading The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

leastadjectiveUS /liːst/

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

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LeathernounUS /ˈleðər/

an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

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LEINSTER

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

literaryadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəreri/

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

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Maidstone

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

MountverbUS /maʊnt/

attach to a support

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

MUNSTER

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nameverbUS /neɪm/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

oftenadverbUS /ˈɔːfən/

many times at short intervals

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

PalacenounUS /ˈpæləs/

a large and stately mansion

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

ParknounUS /pɑːrk/

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

PlacenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

ReadyadjectiveUS /ˈredi/

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

remoteadjectiveUS /rɪˈmoʊt/

located far away spatially

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

RestorationnounUS /ˌrestərˈeɪʃən/

the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

RochesternounUS /ˈrɑːtʃestər/

a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

rootsnounUS /ruːts/

the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

Rydal

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From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

SaintsnounUS /seɪnts/

plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

ScottnounUS /skɑːt/

award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

SeriesnounUS /ˈsɪriz/

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

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Shorne

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shrinenounUS /ʃraɪn/

a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

slightlyadverbUS /ˈslaɪtli/

to a small degree or extent

From this reading The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And so it is with Dickens.

South-sea

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From this reading The accident of birth attaches his name but slightly to Landport in South-sea.

spentadjectiveUS /spent/

depleted of energy, force, or strength

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Strood

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From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

struckadjectiveUS /strʌk/

(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

ULSTERnounUS /ˈʌlstər/

a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

UniformadjectiveUS /ˈjuːnəfɔːrm/

always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

VolumesnounUS /ˈvɑːljuːmz/

plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

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whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Edinburgh, for all its associations with the life and the genius of Scott, is not as Abbotsford, or as that beloved Border country in which his memory has struck its deepest roots.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Volumes Ready_ _Uniform with this Series_ Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT Chalk, House where Dickens spent his honeymoon _Frontispiece_ Gadshill Place from the Gardens 8 Rochester from Strood 14 Restoration House, Rochester 20 Cobham Park 26 Cooling Church 32 Aylesford 38 Maidstone, All Saints' Church and the Palace 42 Jasper's Gateway 46 Chalk Church 50 Shorne Church 54 The Leather Bottle, Cobham 58 The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth.

Wordsworthianadjective

in the manner of William Wordsworth

From this reading To the Wordsworthian, Cockermouth has but a faint, remote interest in comparison with Grasmere and Rydal Mount.

Chapter 1 of Dickens-Land by J. A. (John Arnold) Nicklin holds 389 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.

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How do I study chapter 1 of Dickens-Land?

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 1 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 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 Dickens-Land

Common questions about reading Dickens-Land by J. A. (John Arnold) Nicklin on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Dickens-Land?

Yes. All 389 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #27572 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Dickens-Land is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #27572, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Dickens-Land take to read?

About 32 minutes of reading across 78 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Dickens-Land section by section

How to work through Dickens-Land section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 1 chapters of Dickens-Land to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Dickens-Land

Words and structures a reader meets early in Dickens-Land, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Volumes
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dickens-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ready
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dickens-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Uniform
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dickens-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Series
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dickens-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.