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Driven from Home

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

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A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE.
Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.
He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.
He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.
From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.
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Driven from Home

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Driven from Home is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE.
Line 2
Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.
Line 3
He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.
Line 4
He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.
Line 5
From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

Learner Dictionary

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Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.”

All words in this reading · 67

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A

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From this reading A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE.

and

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

appetite

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

appropriating

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

arranged

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

at

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

be

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

bonds

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

box

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

breakfast

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

brows

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

but

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

by

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

carry

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

cigar

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

corrugated

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

deceived

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

DISAGREEABLE

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From this reading A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE.

down

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

effect

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

failed

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

filled

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

five

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

for

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

frame

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

From

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

Gibbon

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

had

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

have

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

having

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

He

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

him

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

in

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

it

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

little

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

minutes

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

no

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

of

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

off

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

on

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

opening

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

or

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

out

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

paper

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

Philip

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

piazza

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

revenged

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

room

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

sat

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

savage

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

smoked

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

soothing

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

Stark

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

SURPRISE

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From this reading A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE.

suspected

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

table

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From this reading He sat at the table but five minutes, for he had little or no appetite.

the

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

then

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

to

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From this reading Philip Stark sat down to breakfast in a savage frame of mind.

upon

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

usual

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

wanted

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

waste

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

went

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From this reading From the breakfast room he went out on the piazza, and with corrugated brows smoked a cigar, but it failed to have the usual soothing effect.

whom

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

with

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From this reading He wanted to be revenged upon Gibbon, whom he suspected of having deceived him by opening and appropriating the bonds, and then arranged to have him carry off the box filled with waste paper.

Chapter 26 of Driven from Home by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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 26 holds 130 sentences of Driven from Home, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Driven from Home

Words and structures a reader meets early in Driven from Home, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Driven
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Driven from Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sixteen
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Small
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Gripsack
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