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In the Bishop's Carriage
In the Bishop's Carriage

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of In the Bishop's Carriage is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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I looked at him.
The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.
He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.
"I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."
"Bah!
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

In the Bishop's Carriage

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of In the Bishop's Carriage is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I looked at him.
Line 2
The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.
Line 3
He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.
Line 4
"I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."
Line 5
"Bah!

All words in this reading · 54

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.

a

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

again

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

an

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

and

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

at

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From this reading I looked at him.

away

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

Bah

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From this reading "Bah!

bald

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

beast

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

closing

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

cold

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

enemy

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From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

eye

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

eyes

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

frog

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

from

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

had

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

He

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

head

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

him

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From this reading I looked at him.

his

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

I

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From this reading I looked at him.

in

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

it

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

laughed

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

like

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

little

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

looked

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From this reading I looked at him.

make

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From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

man

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

mouth

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

Mr

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

no

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

Obermuller

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

of

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From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

one

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

opening

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

rayed

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From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

sat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

slowly

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From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

smile

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

sneering

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

Tausig

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From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

The

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

them

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

there

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The little beast sat there, slowly closing one eye and opening it again.

thin-lipped

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

unhealthy

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

while

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

wouldn't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I--I wouldn't like to make an enemy of a man like Obermuller, Mr. Tausig."

wrinkles

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He looked like an unhealthy little frog, with his bald head, his thin-lipped mouth that laughed, while the wrinkles rayed away from his cold, sneering eyes that had no smile in them.

Chapter 15 of In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson holds 233 sentences, grouped into 47 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 15 of In the Bishop's Carriage contain?

Chapter 15 holds 233 sentences of In the Bishop's Carriage, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 233 sentences, grouped into 47 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.

How do I study chapter 15 of In the Bishop's Carriage?

Work through the 47 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 47 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.

Can chapter 15 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 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.

Questions about reading In the Bishop's Carriage

Common questions about reading In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of In the Bishop's Carriage?

Yes. All 4179 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #481 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of In the Bishop's Carriage is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #481, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does In the Bishop's Carriage take to read?

About 348 minutes of reading across 836 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in In the Bishop's Carriage

Words and structures a reader meets early in In the Bishop's Carriage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Thing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of In the Bishop's Carriage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hottest
A word that appears in the opening chapter of In the Bishop's Carriage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bolted
A word that appears in the opening chapter of In the Bishop's Carriage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Darling
A word that appears in the opening chapter of In the Bishop's Carriage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.