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Donal Grant

Chapter X · Chapter 10

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THE OLD GARDEN.
The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
It guided them to a farm-yard.
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Donal Grant

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Donal Grant is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE OLD GARDEN.
Line 2
The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
Line 3
It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
Line 4
But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
Line 5
It guided them to a farm-yard.

All words in this reading · 66

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a

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

about

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

again

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

against

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

and

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

angles

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

as

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

at

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

avenue

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

brick

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

but

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

coping

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

crowned

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

dead

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

did

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

distance

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

Donal

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

dreary

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

end

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

England

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

ere

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

farm-yard

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From this reading It guided them to a farm-yard.

few

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

for

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

GARDEN

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From this reading THE OLD GARDEN.

gray

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

grayness

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

guided

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From this reading It guided them to a farm-yard.

high

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

in

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

it

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

its

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

lichens

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

like

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

meets

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

mortar

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

not

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

of

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

OLD

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From this reading THE OLD GARDEN.

one

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

quite

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

reached

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

red

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

relieve

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

rich-coloured

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

right

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

roof-like

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

seemed

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

skirted

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

some

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

something

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

somewhat

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

stone

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

stop

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

THE

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From this reading THE OLD GARDEN.

them

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From this reading It guided them to a farm-yard.

then

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

they

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

to

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

tufts

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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

turned

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

wall

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

wall-plants

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.

walls

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

was

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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.

with

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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.

Chapter 10 of Donal Grant by George MacDonald holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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Chapter 10 holds 97 sentences of Donal Grant, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.

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Foot-faring
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Lovely
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Morning
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First
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