Chapter 16 of Just David is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Just David is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces. He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows. As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them. There were, indeed, a hundred and six. He was pleased at that.
Chapter 16 of Just David is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading “He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.”
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From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading There were, indeed, a hundred and six.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading He was pleased at that.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were, indeed, a hundred and six.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
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From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAVID'S CASTLE IN SPAIN On his return from the House that Jack Built, David decided to count his gold-pieces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got them out at once from behind the books, and stacked them up in little shining rows.
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From this reading He was pleased at that.
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From this reading As he had surmised, there were a hundred of them.
Chapter 16 of Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
Chapter 16 holds 159 sentences of Just David, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
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