Chapter 16 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROST-WONDERS. "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung. Majestic silence!" HEBER. The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
Chapter 16 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ax” — an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
From this reading “"No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.”
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “"No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.”
plural of “hammer” — the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
From this reading “"No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.”
majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters
From this reading “Majestic silence!"”
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
From this reading “"No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.”
slow and laborious because of weight
From this reading “"No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.”
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
From this reading “"No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.”
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading “The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.”
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plural of “ax” — an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
without stop or interruption
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROST-WONDERS.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
plural of “hammer” — the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HEBER.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters
From this reading Majestic silence!"
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
not any; not one
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
slow and laborious because of weight
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Majestic silence!"
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung.
up to a particular time
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The thaw continued till the snow was nearly gone.
Chapter 16 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 16 holds 97 sentences of Faith Gartney's Girlhood, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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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