Chapter 26 of In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT THE LAST. From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets! The casket was laid in the tomb. Twilight came; the multitudes had gone. It was ended now, and night was falling.
Chapter 26 of In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading “The casket was laid in the tomb.”
plural of “magnolia” — dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
From this reading “From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!”
plural of “multitude” — a large indefinite number
From this reading “Twilight came; the multitudes had gone.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!”
plural of “orchard” — garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
From this reading “From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!”
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!”
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading “The casket was laid in the tomb.”
plural of “violet” — any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
From this reading “From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was ended now, and night was falling.
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From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT THE LAST.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Twilight came; the multitudes had gone.
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading The casket was laid in the tomb.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading It was ended now, and night was falling.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading It was ended now, and night was falling.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
destroyed or killed
From this reading Twilight came; the multitudes had gone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Twilight came; the multitudes had gone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The casket was laid in the tomb.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was ended now, and night was falling.
set down according to a plan
From this reading The casket was laid in the tomb.
immediately past
From this reading AT THE LAST.
plural of “magnolia” — dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
plural of “multitude” — a large indefinite number
From this reading Twilight came; the multitudes had gone.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was ended now, and night was falling.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was ended now, and night was falling.
plural of “orchard” — garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT THE LAST.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading The casket was laid in the tomb.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading Twilight came; the multitudes had gone.
plural of “violet” — any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
From this reading From the magnolias to the Northern orchards, from the apple-blooms to the prairie violets!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The casket was laid in the tomb.
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