Chapter 1 of Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
#Gideon's Band.# Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Kincaid's Battery.# Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Bylow Hill.# Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
Chapter 1 of Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “#Gideon's Band.# Illustrated.”
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading “12mo _net_ $1.35 #Kincaid's Battery.# Illustrated.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “12mo _net_ $1.35 #Bylow Hill.# Illustrated.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “#Gideon's Band.# Illustrated.”
march in a procession
From this reading “12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.”
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
From this reading “12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.”
an American who lives in the South
From this reading “12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.”
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From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
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From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
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From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading #Gideon's Band.# Illustrated.
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Kincaid's Battery.# Illustrated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Bylow Hill.# Illustrated.
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From this reading #Gideon's Band.# Illustrated.
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From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Bylow Hill.# Illustrated.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading #Gideon's Band.# Illustrated.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
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From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Kincaid's Battery.# Illustrated.
march in a procession
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.35 #Posson Jone' and Pere Raphael.# Illustrated.
Identical; not different.
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
an American who lives in the South
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 12mo _net_ $1.25 #John March, Southerner.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 #The Grandissimes.# 12mo _net_ $1.35 The Same.
Chapter 1 of Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable 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 Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable 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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