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Lilith: A Romance
Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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I rubbed the water out of my eyes, and saw the raven on the edge of a huge stone basin.
With the cold light of the dawn reflected from his glossy plumage, he stood calmly looking down upon me.
I lay on my back in water, above which, leaning on my elbows, I just lifted my face.
I was in the basin of the large fountain constructed by my father in the middle of the lawn.
High over me glimmered the thick, steel-shiny stalk, shooting, with a torrent uprush, a hundred feet into the air, to spread in a blossom of foam.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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I rubbed the water out of my eyes, and saw the raven on the edge of a huge stone basin.
Line 2
With the cold light of the dawn reflected from his glossy plumage, he stood calmly looking down upon me.
Line 3
I lay on my back in water, above which, leaning on my elbows, I just lifted my face.
Line 4
I was in the basin of the large fountain constructed by my father in the middle of the lawn.
Line 5
High over me glimmered the thick, steel-shiny stalk, shooting, with a torrent uprush, a hundred feet into the air, to spread in a blossom of foam.

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “With the cold light of the dawn reflected from his glossy plumage, he stood calmly looking down upon me.”

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a

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above

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air

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and

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back

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basin

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blossom

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by

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calmly

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cold

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constructed

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dawn

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down

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edge

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elbows

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eyes

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face

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father

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feet

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foam

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fountain

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from

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glimmered

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glossy

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he

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High

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his

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huge

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hundred

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I

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in

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into

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just

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large

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lawn

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lay

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leaning

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lifted

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light

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looking

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me

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middle

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my

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of

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on

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out

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over

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plumage

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raven

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From this reading I rubbed the water out of my eyes, and saw the raven on the edge of a huge stone basin.

reflected

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rubbed

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saw

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shooting

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From this reading High over me glimmered the thick, steel-shiny stalk, shooting, with a torrent uprush, a hundred feet into the air, to spread in a blossom of foam.

spread

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stalk

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steel-shiny

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stone

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stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading With the cold light of the dawn reflected from his glossy plumage, he stood calmly looking down upon me.

the

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thick

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to

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torrent

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upon

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uprush

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was

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water

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which

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With

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From this reading With the cold light of the dawn reflected from his glossy plumage, he stood calmly looking down upon me.

Chapter 24 of Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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.

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