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Chapter 1 of From London to Land's End and Two Letters is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END. BY DANIEL DEFOE. _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_." CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE. 1888.
Chapter 1 of From London to Land's End and Two Letters is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading “BY DANIEL DEFOE.”
English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)
From this reading “BY DANIEL DEFOE.”
undertake a journey or trip
possessive form of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.”
small in range or scope
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.”
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.”
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.”
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From this reading 1888.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY DANIEL DEFOE.
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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading BY DANIEL DEFOE.
English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)
From this reading BY DANIEL DEFOE.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
a man of refinement
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
possessive form of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
the literary culture
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
small in range or scope
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
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