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Lemorne Versus Huell
Lemorne Versus Huell

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Lemorne Versus Huell is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"My apparel is Waterbury apparel."
"Ah!"
We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.
He sprang into the saddle.
"Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Lemorne Versus Huell

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Lemorne Versus Huell is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"My apparel is Waterbury apparel."
Line 2
"Ah!"
Line 3
We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.
Line 4
He sprang into the saddle.
Line 5
"Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

All words in this reading · 40

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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Ah

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From this reading "Ah!"

apparel

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From this reading "My apparel is Waterbury apparel."

bringing

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

came

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

close

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

end

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

for

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

Give

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

good-by

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

He

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From this reading He sprang into the saddle.

him

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

his

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

horse

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

I

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

into

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From this reading He sprang into the saddle.

is

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From this reading "My apparel is Waterbury apparel."

it

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

leave

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

me

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

My

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From this reading "My apparel is Waterbury apparel."

of

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

road

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

saddle

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From this reading He sprang into the saddle.

said

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

slowly

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

sprang

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From this reading He sprang into the saddle.

stopped

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

that

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

the

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

then

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

thought

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

till

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

time

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

to

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

understand

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

up

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

us

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From this reading "Give us good-by!" he said, bringing his horse close to me.

walked

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

Waterbury

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From this reading "My apparel is Waterbury apparel."

We

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From this reading We walked up the road slowly till we came to the end of it; then I stopped for him to understand that I thought it time for him to leave me.

Chapter 2 of Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Stoddard holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

What does chapter 2 of Lemorne Versus Huell contain?

Chapter 2 holds 230 sentences of Lemorne Versus Huell, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Stoddard exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

How do I study chapter 2 of Lemorne Versus Huell?

Work through the 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 46 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 2 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of Lemorne Versus Huell?

Yes. All 456 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #881 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Lemorne Versus Huell is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #881, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Lemorne Versus Huell take to read?

About 38 minutes of reading across 92 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Lemorne Versus Huell

Words and structures a reader meets early in Lemorne Versus Huell, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Harper's
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Monthly
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Magazine
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Months
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