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Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Jenkins Olcott • Curated US English Learning Edition

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At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for Frances Jenkins Olcott

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Chapter XVIII

Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales. At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound. There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart. And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!” there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

Line 2

At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

Line 3

There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

Line 4

And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

Line 5

there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

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a

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about

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

adversary

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

after

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

and

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

any

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

appear

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

armed

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

as

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

ascended

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At

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

battle

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

built

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

called

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

camp

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

Christians

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crossed

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days

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

divers

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

during

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

families

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

figure

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

for

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from

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further

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

gathered

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

ghostly

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

great

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

had

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

haunted

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

hearth

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

household

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

how

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

huge

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

hush

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

if

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

immediately

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

in

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

it

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

laid

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

land

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

last

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

Let

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

loud

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

mound

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

mounted

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

my

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

near-by

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

night

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

occupied

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

of

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

old

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

one

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

out

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

pitched

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

plain

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

rampart

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

ramparts

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

related

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relating

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

ruined

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

slaughtered

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

started

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

supper

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

tales

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

that

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

the

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

their

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

there

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

they

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From this reading At last they told how in the near-by plain of Wandlesbury there was a haunted mound.

time

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

told

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up

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From this reading there immediately started up from the ruined ramparts a huge, ghostly figure, armed and mounted for battle.

usual

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

Vandals

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

voice

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From this reading And it was further related that in the hush of the night, if any one crossed the plain, ascended the mound, and called out in a loud voice, “Let my adversary appear!”

Wandlesbury

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was

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

waste

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

who

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From this reading There in old days the Vandals, who laid waste the land and slaughtered Christians, had pitched their camp and built about it a great rampart.

winter

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From this reading At night, after supper, as was usual in great families during the winter, the household gathered about the hearth and occupied the time in relating divers tales.

Chapter 18 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 203 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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