Chapter 6 of King-Errant is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of King-Errant is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint. Oh! day of delight pass slow! God's flowers must blow. The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed. Oh, day of despair pass swift!
Chapter 6 of King-Errant is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.”
cover from sight
From this reading “The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.”
possessive form of “god” — 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's flowers must blow.”
in a softened tone
From this reading “The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.”
plural of “lily” — any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.”
an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
From this reading “The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.”
herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
From this reading “The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.”
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading “The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.”
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In this reading “The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
exhale hard
From this reading God's flowers must blow.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
cover from sight
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
remove the dust from
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading God's flowers must blow.
possessive form of “god” — 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's flowers must blow.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
in a softened tone
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
plural of “lily” — any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading God's flowers must blow.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! day of delight pass slow!
go across or through
From this reading Oh! day of delight pass slow!
herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading Oh! day of delight pass slow!
a short musical composition with words
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
moving very fast
From this reading Oh, day of despair pass swift!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day of despair has come and the wind brings dust To bury the flowers; the song of the birds is hushed.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The day of delight has come and the wind brings scent Of musk and rose and lilies and peppermint.
Chapter 6 of King-Errant by Flora Annie Webster Steel holds 239 sentences, grouped into 48 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 6 holds 239 sentences of King-Errant, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of King-Errant by Flora Annie Webster Steel exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 239 sentences, grouped into 48 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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