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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.
One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.
He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.
Come, Love,” said Venus.
There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.
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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.
Line 2
One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.
Line 3
He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.
Line 4
Come, Love,” said Venus.
Line 5
There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

All words in this reading · 64

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a

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

an

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

and

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

angered

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

Apollo

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

Apollo's

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

archer

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

arrows

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

bade

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

be

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

bring

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

but

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

called

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

cast

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

city

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

Come

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From this reading “Come, Love,” said Venus.

Cupid

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

day

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

down

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

dreaded

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

earthly

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

for

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

He

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

her

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

him

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

his

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

hither

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

honors

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

in

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

is

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

joy

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

life

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

long

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

Love

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

Love's

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

maid

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

me

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

more

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

mortal

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

my

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

name

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

of

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

One

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

or

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

resolved

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

rival

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

robs

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

said

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From this reading “Come, Love,” said Venus.

sharpen

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

she

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

some

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

son

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

sorrow

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

take

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

than

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

There

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

therefore

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

This

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

to

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

Venus

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From this reading This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.

weapons

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From this reading One day, therefore, she called hither her son, Love (Cupid, some name him), and bade him sharpen his weapons.

who

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

whole

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From this reading He is an archer more to be dreaded than Apollo, for Apollo's arrows take life, but Love's bring joy or sorrow for a whole life long.

yonder

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From this reading “There is a mortal maid who robs me of my honors in yonder city.

Chapter 5 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

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Chapter 5 holds 201 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 201 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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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #359, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Stories
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