Chapter XXXVII of How he won her, “The Surprise,” is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XXXVII of How he won her, “The Surprise,” is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming! The sound and sight hath made her calm. Sham soldier, genuine woman! She stands amid them all unmoved! The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
Chapter XXXVII of How he won her, “The Surprise,” is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.”
not fake or counterfeit
From this reading “Sham soldier, genuine woman!”
the foot of an ungulate mammal
From this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!”
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!”
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
From this reading “Sham soldier, genuine woman!”
sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
From this reading “The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.”
a vagrant
From this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!”
emotionally unmoved
From this reading “She stands amid them all unmoved!”
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In this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!”
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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 She stands amid them all unmoved!
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading She stands amid them all unmoved!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sound and sight hath made her calm.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
make calm or still
From this reading The sound and sight hath made her calm.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
not fake or counterfeit
From this reading Sham soldier, genuine woman!
an old form of “has”
From this reading The sound and sight hath made her calm.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
the foot of an ungulate mammal
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
held dear
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The sound and sight hath made her calm.
come together
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
From this reading Sham soldier, genuine woman!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stands amid them all unmoved!
an instance of visual perception
From this reading The sound and sight hath made her calm.
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading Sham soldier, genuine woman!
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading The sound and sight hath made her calm.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading She stands amid them all unmoved!
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She stands amid them all unmoved!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The heart supported by the loved Is strong to meet the foeman.—E. B. BROWNING.
a vagrant
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel, The Rebels round her coming!
emotionally unmoved
From this reading She stands amid them all unmoved!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Sham soldier, genuine woman!
Chapter 37 of How he won her by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 37 holds 427 sentences of How he won her, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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