Chapter 1 of Horse Tales is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Horse Tales is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE. PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ISABEL WATKIN. _LONDON_: _NEW YORK_: ERNEST NISTER. E. P. DUTTON & CO. Horse Tales.
Chapter 1 of Horse Tales is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States writer (1902-1992)
From this reading “_HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “Horse Tales.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ISABEL WATKIN.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “_HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “_HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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United States writer (1902-1992)
From this reading _HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading E. P. DUTTON & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading E. P. DUTTON & CO.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading E. P. DUTTON & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _LONDON_: _NEW YORK_: ERNEST NISTER.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading _HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ISABEL WATKIN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ISABEL WATKIN.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading _LONDON_: _NEW YORK_: ERNEST NISTER.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading _HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _LONDON_: _NEW YORK_: ERNEST NISTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _LONDON_: _NEW YORK_: ERNEST NISTER.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading E. P. DUTTON & CO.
a drawing executed with pen and ink
From this reading PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ISABEL WATKIN.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading _HORSE TALES._ BY MARY BOYLE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEN-AND-INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ISABEL WATKIN.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading _LONDON_: _NEW YORK_: ERNEST NISTER.
Chapter 1 of Horse Tales by Mary Boyle holds 549 sentences, grouped into 110 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 549 sentences of Horse Tales, unabridged, divided into 110 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Horse Tales by Mary Boyle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 549 sentences, grouped into 110 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 110 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 110 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 1 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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About 45 minutes of reading across 110 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Horse Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
