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Guy Mannering

Chapter X · Chapter 10

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The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.
To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.
As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.
The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.
We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.
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Guy Mannering

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Guy Mannering is here in full — 65 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.
Line 2
To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.
Line 3
As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.
Line 4
The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.
Line 5
We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

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a

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

aged

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

altogether

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

an

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

and

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

angel

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

applied

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

As

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

bell

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

brink

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

But

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

constitutes

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

deduced

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

derive

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

engaged

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

failed

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

feel

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

feelings

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

from

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

give

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

has

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

hazard

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

he

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

human

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

I

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

if

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

immediate

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

in

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

infirm

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

Is

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

it

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

its

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

lesson

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

life

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

loss

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

man

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

may

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

measuring

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

mode

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

moral

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

necessary

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

no

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

non-existence

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

note

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

observe

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

occupations

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

of

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

one

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

our

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

poet

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

portion

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

precariousness

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

quaintly

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

rather

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

respecting

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

solemn

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

sound

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

spoke

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

strikes

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

take

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

tenure

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

that

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

The

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

their

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

then

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

those

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

time

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

To

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

tongue

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

trembling

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

until

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

upon

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

very

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

We

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From this reading The bell strikes one.--We take no note of time But from its loss.

well

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

were

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From this reading We observe the aged, the infirm, and those engaged in occupations of immediate hazard, trembling as it were upon the very brink of non-existence, but we derive no lesson from the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed.

which

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From this reading The moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time, may he well applied to our feelings respecting that portion of it which constitutes human life.

wise

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From this reading To give it then a tongue Is wise in man.

YOUNG

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From this reading As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.-- YOUNG.

Chapter 10 of Guy Mannering by Walter Scott holds 65 sentences, grouped into 13 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 10 holds 65 sentences of Guy Mannering, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.

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Round
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Dreary
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Region
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