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John Barleycorn

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of John Barleycorn is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 16 of John Barleycorn by Jack London holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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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There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
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John Barleycorn

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of John Barleycorn is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
Line 2
This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
Line 3
Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
Line 4
Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
Line 5
The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
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a

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

alcohol

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

along

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

American

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

and

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

as

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

been

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

before

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

began

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

Behring

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

belonging

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

Bonin

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

Canadian

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

coasts

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

days

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

desire

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

drink

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

fettle

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

fifty-one

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

filled

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

fine

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

fleets

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

for

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

from

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

glorious

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

group

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

had

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

harrying

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

Here

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

hundred

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

I

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

in

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

intense

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

Islands

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

isolated

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

Japan

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

known

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

made

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

me

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

moment

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

my

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

north-east

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

northern

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

not

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

nothing

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

of

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

on

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

out

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

passage

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

put

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

rendezvous

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

repairs

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

sailing

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

Sea

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

seal-herd

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

sealing

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

selected

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

sobriety

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

Sophie

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

southern

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

splendid

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

starting

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

Sutherland

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

system

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

taking

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

the

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

their

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

There

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

they

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

This

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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.

Those

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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.

to

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

trades

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

voyage

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.

was

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

water-barrels

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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.

we

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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.

worked

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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.