Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales From All Nations is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales From All Nations is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALL NATIONS. ANTHONY R. MONTALBA. WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE. CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND. MDCCCXLIX.
Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales From All Nations is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “ANTHONY R. MONTALBA.”
United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
From this reading “CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.”
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “ALL NATIONS.”
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading “CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.”
being four more than twenty
From this reading “WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “ALL NATIONS.”
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From this reading CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.
(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 ALL NATIONS.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading ANTHONY R. MONTALBA.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
From this reading CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MDCCCXLIX.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANTHONY R. MONTALBA.
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading ALL NATIONS.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading ANTHONY R. MONTALBA.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND.
being four more than twenty
From this reading WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.
Chapter 1 of Fairy Tales From All Nations by Anthony R. (Anthony Reubens) Montalba holds 388 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.
Chapter 1 holds 388 sentences of Fairy Tales From All Nations, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Fairy Tales From All Nations by Anthony R. (Anthony Reubens) Montalba exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 388 sentences, grouped into 78 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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