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Hans Brinker

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Mary Mapes Dodge • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“Do you know how large it is?” asked Ben.

“I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

“That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

They’re only for show, you know.

The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

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Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter X Reading 1/40

Hans Brinker

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

“Do you know how large it is?” asked Ben.

Line 2

“I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

Line 3

“That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

Line 4

They’re only for show, you know.

Line 5

The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

All words in this reading · 61

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a

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aisle

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almost

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and

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are

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asked

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From this reading “Do you know how large it is?” asked Ben.

baby's

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behind

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Ben

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big

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church

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columns

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crawl

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Do

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end

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enough

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filled

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floor

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for

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from

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grand

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great

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high

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how

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I

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is

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it

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itself

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just

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know

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Lambert

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large

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like

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From this reading “That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

looked

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man

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noticed

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of

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only

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organ

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From this reading “I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

pipes

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prodigiously

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REAL

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From this reading The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

roof

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From this reading “I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

said

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From this reading “That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

show

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silver

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smaller

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some

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From this reading The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

superb

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From this reading “That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

than

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From this reading The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

that

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From this reading “I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

That's

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From this reading “That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

the

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From this reading “I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

them

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From this reading The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

They're

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From this reading They’re only for show, you know.

through

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From this reading The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

to

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From this reading “I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

true

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From this reading “That’s true,” said Lambert, “and how superb the pipes looked--just like grand columns of silver.

was

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From this reading “I noticed that the church itself was prodigiously high and that the organ filled the end of the great aisle almost from floor to roof.”

whistle

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From this reading The REAL pipes are behind them, some big enough for a man to crawl through, and some smaller than a baby’s whistle.

you

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From this reading “Do you know how large it is?” asked Ben.

Chapter 10 of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge holds 204 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.

What does chapter 10 of Hans Brinker contain?

Chapter 10 holds 204 sentences of Hans Brinker, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 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.

How do I study chapter 10 of Hans Brinker?

Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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About 478 minutes of reading across 1148 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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