Chapter 1 of Fashion and Famine is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Fashion and Famine is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ FASHION AND FAMINE. MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith. TWENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND.
Chapter 1 of Fashion and Famine is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading “There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.”
an acute insufficiency
From this reading “+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ FASHION AND FAMINE.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ FASHION AND FAMINE.”
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading “There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading “There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.”
plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “ANN S. STEPHENS.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “TWENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND.”
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In this reading “There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading ANN S. STEPHENS.
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
an acute insufficiency
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ FASHION AND FAMINE.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ FASHION AND FAMINE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
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From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ANN S. STEPHENS.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading ANN S. STEPHENS.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading TWENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
coming next after the twenty-fourth in position
From this reading TWENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading There is no sorrow for the earnest soul That looketh up to God in perfect faith.
Chapter 1 of Fashion and Famine by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens holds 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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 286 sentences of Fashion and Famine, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
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