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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.
What, O maiden,” asked Hercules, is thy name?”
My friends,” said she, call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”
Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--
O beloved youth, who wouldst wander forth in search of Life, I too, would plead with thee!
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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.
Line 2
What, O maiden,” asked Hercules, “is thy name?”
Line 3
My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”
Line 4
Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--
Line 5
O beloved youth, who wouldst wander forth in search of Life, I too, would plead with thee!

All words in this reading · 60

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addressed

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And

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arms

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as

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From this reading And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.

asked

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From this reading “What, O maiden,” asked Hercules, “is thy name?”

beloved

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but

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From this reading “My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”

call

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caressing

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From this reading And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.

drawn

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From this reading Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--

enemies

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Even

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forth

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forward

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friends

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From this reading “My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”

glided

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gracious

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had

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Happiness

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From this reading “My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”

her

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Hercules

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I

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in

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is

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lad

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Life

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maiden

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me

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mine

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My

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From this reading “My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”

name

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near

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O

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of

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plead

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said

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From this reading “My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”

search

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she

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From this reading And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.

spoke

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stately

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stretched

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sweet

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the

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thee

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thy

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tones

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too

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Vice

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From this reading “My friends,” said she, “call me Happiness, but mine enemies name me Vice.”

voice

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From this reading And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.

wander

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From this reading “O beloved youth, who wouldst wander forth in search of Life, I too, would plead with thee!

were

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From this reading And as she spoke the maiden stretched forth her arms, and the tones of her voice were sweet and caressing.

What

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white-robed

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From this reading Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--

who

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From this reading Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--

winning

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From this reading Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--

with

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From this reading Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--

words

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From this reading Even as she spoke, the white-robed maiden, who had drawn near, glided forward, and addressed the lad in gracious tones and with words stately and winning:--

would

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From this reading “O beloved youth, who wouldst wander forth in search of Life, I too, would plead with thee!

wouldst

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youth

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From this reading “O beloved youth, who wouldst wander forth in search of Life, I too, would plead with thee!

Chapter 14 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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.

What does chapter 14 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for contain?

Chapter 14 holds 199 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 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 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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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Produced
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Lough
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Stories
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Great
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