Chapter 12 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd? _Cor._ No, truly. _Touch._ Then thou art damn'd. _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side. AS YOU LIKE IT.
Chapter 12 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “_Touch._ Then thou art damn'd.”
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “_Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?”
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading “_Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “_Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “_Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.”
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading “_Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “_Cor._ No, truly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Touch._ Then thou art damn'd.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS YOU LIKE IT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cor._ No, truly.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading _Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Touch._ Then thou art damn'd.
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
at any time
From this reading _Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AS YOU LIKE IT.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
an old word for “no”
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
not any; not one
From this reading _Cor._ No, truly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading _Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading _Cor._ Nay, I hope---- _Touch._ Truly, thou art damn'd, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _Touch._ Then thou art damn'd.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Touch._ Then thou art damn'd.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading _Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading _Cor._ No, truly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Touch._ Wast ever in court, shepherd?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AS YOU LIKE IT.
Chapter 12 of Homeward Bound by James Fenimore Cooper holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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 12 holds 164 sentences of Homeward Bound, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Homeward Bound by James Fenimore Cooper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 33 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 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.
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