Chapter 31 of Life on the Mississippi is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 31 of Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain holds 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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 31 holds 476 sentences of Life on the Mississippi, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 31 of Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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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Chapter 31 of Life on the Mississippi is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Thumb-print and What Came of It WE were approaching Napoleon, Arkansas. So I began to think about my errand there. Time, noonday; and bright and sunny. This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Chapter 31 of Life on the Mississippi is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
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From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
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From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
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From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
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From this reading WE were approaching Napoleon, Arkansas.
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From this reading WE were approaching Napoleon, Arkansas.
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From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
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From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
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From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Time, noonday; and bright and sunny.
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From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
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From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
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From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
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From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
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From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
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From this reading WE were approaching Napoleon, Arkansas.
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From this reading Time, noonday; and bright and sunny.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Time, noonday; and bright and sunny.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Time, noonday; and bright and sunny.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I began to think about my errand there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was bad--not best, anyway; for mine was not (preferably) a noonday kind of errand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE were approaching Napoleon, Arkansas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE were approaching Napoleon, Arkansas.
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From this reading A Thumb-print and What Came of It
