Chapter 1 of Kate Aylesford: A Story of the Refugees is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Kate Aylesford: A Story of the Refugees is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.” —Lay of the Last Minstrel. Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET. BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
Chapter 1 of Kate Aylesford: A Story of the Refugees is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.”
third-person singular of “breathe” — draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading ““Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.””
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
From this reading “102 CHESTNUT STREET.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading ““Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.””
a singer of folk songs
From this reading “—Lay of the Last Minstrel.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading ““Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.””
the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
From this reading “Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading ““Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.””
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the country where you were born
In this reading ““Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.””
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From this reading 102 CHESTNUT STREET.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
third-person singular of “breathe” — draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
From this reading 102 CHESTNUT STREET.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
immediately past
From this reading —Lay of the Last Minstrel.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading —Lay of the Last Minstrel.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
a singer of folk songs
From this reading —Lay of the Last Minstrel.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
not any; not one
From this reading Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading —Lay of the Last Minstrel.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
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From this reading Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO.
the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
From this reading Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO.
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From this reading BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
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From this reading BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading 102 CHESTNUT STREET.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading —Lay of the Last Minstrel.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
which person or people
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land.”
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