Chapter 1 of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ELIZA LEE FOLLEN. REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION. BOSTON: WM. CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
Chapter 1 of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
From this reading “CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.”
(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
From this reading “REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.”
plural of “fable” — a deliberately false or improbable account
From this reading “HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.”
plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.”
improved or brought up to date
From this reading “REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.”
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From this reading CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: WM.
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
From this reading CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.
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From this reading ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.
(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
From this reading REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.
plural of “fable” — a deliberately false or improbable account
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
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From this reading ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
immediately past
From this reading REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.
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From this reading CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
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 CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
improved or brought up to date
From this reading REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading REVISED AND ENLARGED FROM THE LAST EDITION.
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading CROSBY AND H.P. NICHOLS, 118 WASHINGTON STREET.
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From this reading BOSTON: WM.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading HYMNS, SONGS, AND FABLES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Chapter 1 of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen holds 330 sentences, grouped into 66 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 330 sentences of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 330 sentences, grouped into 66 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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