Chapter 10 of Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE. “‘God helps them that help themselves.’ That’s a clincher. That’s been my experience. But I never saw it in words before.
Chapter 10 of Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an argument that is conclusive
From this reading “That’s a clincher.”
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading “That’s been my experience.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading ““‘God helps them that help themselves.’”
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading ““‘God helps them that help themselves.’”
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading “PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.”
absentminded dreaming while awake
From this reading “PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading ““‘God helps them that help themselves.’”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That’s been my experience.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
an argument that is conclusive
From this reading That’s a clincher.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading That’s been my experience.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “‘God helps them that help themselves.’
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “‘God helps them that help themselves.’
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “‘God helps them that help themselves.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That’s been my experience.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.
absentminded dreaming while awake
From this reading PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.
cut with a saw
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “‘God helps them that help themselves.’
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From this reading That’s a clincher.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “‘God helps them that help themselves.’
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “‘God helps them that help themselves.’
the words that are spoken
From this reading But I never saw it in words before.
Chapter 10 of Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile by Herman Melville holds 57 sentences, grouped into 12 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 10 holds 57 sentences of Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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