Chapter 1 of Hawk's Nest is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Hawk's Nest is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain. It is contrast that makes the beautiful. What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane. It is the variegated colors that makes the landscape beautiful and harmonious. In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
Chapter 1 of Hawk's Nest is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
plural of “contrast” — the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading “In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.”
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
From this reading “A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.”
musically pleasing
From this reading “It is the variegated colors that makes the landscape beautiful and harmonious.”
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading “What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.”
plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.”
plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.”
having a variety of colors
From this reading “It is the variegated colors that makes the landscape beautiful and harmonious.”
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in reality or actuality
In this reading “In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It is contrast that makes the beautiful.
possessive form of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading It is the variegated colors that makes the landscape beautiful and harmonious.
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading It is contrast that makes the beautiful.
plural of “contrast” — the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
the organ of sight
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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musically pleasing
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From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is contrast that makes the beautiful.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is contrast that makes the beautiful.
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading It is the variegated colors that makes the landscape beautiful and harmonious.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading It is contrast that makes the beautiful.
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
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From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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belonging to the speaker and others
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an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is contrast that makes the beautiful.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
having a variety of colors
From this reading It is the variegated colors that makes the landscape beautiful and harmonious.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading A Bird’s Eye View of the Delaware and Neversink Valleys From Hawk’s Nest Mountain.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In fact it is upon contrasts that we build all of our notions of the beautiful.
used to ask for information about something
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everything that exists anywhere
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used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What a monotonous world this would be if it was one entire level plane.
Chapter 1 of Hawk's Nest by James M. (James Martin) Allerton holds 56 sentences, grouped into 12 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 1 holds 56 sentences of Hawk's Nest, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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