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Ivanhoe: A Romance
Ivanhoe: A Romance

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Ivanhoe: A Romance is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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—-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?
MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.
CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.
Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.
What order is this among ye?
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Ivanhoe: A Romance

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Ivanhoe: A Romance is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
—-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?
Line 2
MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.
Line 3
CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.
Line 4
Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.
Line 5
What order is this among ye?

All words in this reading · 62

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a

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

Abbot's

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

about

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

all

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

among

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From this reading “What order is this among ye?

and

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

As

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

blended

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

bodily

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

busied

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

captive

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

Condemning

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

CORIOLANUS

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

death

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

decrees

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

deranged

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

emotions

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

exhibited

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

exile

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

features

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

Flower

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

foppery

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

he

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

him

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

How

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

in

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

is

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From this reading “What order is this among ye?

is't

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

Lartius

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

man

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

manners

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

MARCIUS

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

masters

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

mixture

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

my

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

now

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

of

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

offended

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

or

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

order

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From this reading “What order is this among ye?

other

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

pitying

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

pride

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

Ransoming

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

said

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

some

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

terror

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

the

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

this

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From this reading “What order is this among ye?

threatening

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

three

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

Titus

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

to

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From this reading MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.

voice

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

warriors

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

were

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

What

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which

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

whimsical

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From this reading CORIOLANUS The captive Abbot’s features and manners exhibited a whimsical mixture of offended pride, and deranged foppery and bodily terror.

Why

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From this reading “Why, how now, my masters?” said he, with a voice in which all three emotions were blended.

with

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From this reading —-Flower of warriors, How is’t with Titus Lartius?

ye

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From this reading “What order is this among ye?

Chapter 30 of Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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.

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Chapter 30 holds 176 sentences of Ivanhoe: A Romance, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Ivanhoe: A Romance

Words and structures a reader meets early in Ivanhoe: A Romance, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Fitted
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Halter
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Traversed
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Often
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