Chapter 13 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o! But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o! Wild an’ free! Wild an’ free! Where the moorland breezes blow!
Chapter 13 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading “’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!”
plural of “breeze” — a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “Where the moorland breezes blow!”
plural of “chant” — a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
From this reading “’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!”
great merriment
From this reading “’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!”
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!”
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
From this reading “Where the moorland breezes blow!”
any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
From this reading “But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!”
third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing
From this reading “But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!”
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 “But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!”
In this reading “’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Wild an’ free!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
exhale hard
From this reading Where the moorland breezes blow!
plural of “breeze” — a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading Where the moorland breezes blow!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
plural of “chant” — a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
abounding in or covered with ferns
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
great merriment
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
From this reading Where the moorland breezes blow!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
in or at the place that
From this reading Where the moorland breezes blow!
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading But the plover sings his evening hymn To the ferny wild so free, o!
in the company of; together with
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading ’Mong blooming woods, at twilight dim, The throstle chants with glee, o!
Chapter 13 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel by M. E. Francis holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 13 holds 203 sentences of Fiander's Widow: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel by M. E. Francis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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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