Chapter 17 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart. For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain! She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation! I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone. Had I indeed done her a wrong?
Chapter 17 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.”
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From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
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From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Having no one else present.
From this reading I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.
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From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
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From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
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From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
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From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had I indeed done her a wrong?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had I indeed done her a wrong?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose, and looked around me, dazed at heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dared not one moment remain thus hideously alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment I could not see her: she was gone, and loneliness had returned like the cloud after the rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She whom I brought back from the brink of the grave, had fled from me, and left me with desolation!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had I indeed done her a wrong?
Chapter 17 of Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 17 holds 120 sentences of Lilith: A Romance, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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