Chapter 22 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue. No complaint The solemn silence broke. Tears ceased to flow. GLOVER. Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
Chapter 22 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading “With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.”
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading “No complaint The solemn silence broke.”
plural of “fancy” — something many people believe that is false
From this reading “Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “Tears ceased to flow.”
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading “With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.”
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
From this reading “No complaint The solemn silence broke.”
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading “Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.”
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(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 Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
lacking funds
From this reading No complaint The solemn silence broke.
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading Tears ceased to flow.
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading No complaint The solemn silence broke.
plural of “fancy” — something many people believe that is false
From this reading Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading Tears ceased to flow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GLOVER.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
not any; not one
From this reading No complaint The solemn silence broke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading No complaint The solemn silence broke.
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
From this reading No complaint The solemn silence broke.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Tears ceased to flow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tears ceased to flow.
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With religious awe Grief heard the voice of Virtue.
Chapter 22 of Homeward Bound by James Fenimore Cooper holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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 22 holds 210 sentences of Homeward Bound, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Homeward Bound by James Fenimore Cooper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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