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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote

Chapter XXXVIII · Chapter 38

Chapter 38 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The author’s dangerous voyage.
He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.
Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.
Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.
The great civilities of the captain.
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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote

Chapter XXXVIII · Chapter 38

Chapter 38 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The author’s dangerous voyage.
Line 2
He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.
Line 3
Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.
Line 4
Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.
Line 5
The great civilities of the captain.

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a

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

an

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

and

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

arrives

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

arrow

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

at

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

author's

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From this reading The author’s dangerous voyage.

by

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

captain

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From this reading The great civilities of the captain.

carried

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

civilities

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From this reading The great civilities of the captain.

dangerous

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From this reading The author’s dangerous voyage.

force

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

great

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From this reading The great civilities of the captain.

He

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

Holland

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

hoping

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

into

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

Is

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natives

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

New

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

of

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

one

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

Portuguese

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seized

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

settle

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

ship

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From this reading Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.

The

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From this reading The author’s dangerous voyage.

there

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

to

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From this reading He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.

voyage

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From this reading The author’s dangerous voyage.

with

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

wounded

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From this reading Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.

Chapter 38 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote by Jonathan Swift holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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 38 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote contain?

Chapter 38 holds 102 sentences of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 38 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote by Jonathan Swift exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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.

How do I study chapter 38 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote?

Work through the 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 21 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 38 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 38 can be played aloud in United States English.

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.

Questions about reading Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote

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Is this the complete text of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote?

Yes. All 2811 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #829 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #829, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote take to read?

About 234 minutes of reading across 563 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote

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