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Lilith: A Romance
Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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We must be on our guard,” he said, or she will again outwit us.
She would befool the very elect!”
How are we to be on our guard?”
I asked.
Every way,” he answered.
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Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.
Line 2
She would befool the very elect!”
Line 3
How are we to be on our guard?”
Line 4
I asked.
Line 5
Every way,” he answered.

All words in this reading · 27

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again

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answered

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From this reading “Every way,” he answered.

are

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From this reading “How are we to be on our guard?”

asked

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From this reading I asked.

be

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

befool

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From this reading She would befool the very elect!”

elect

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From this reading She would befool the very elect!”

Every

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From this reading “Every way,” he answered.

guard

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

he

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

How

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From this reading “How are we to be on our guard?”

I

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From this reading I asked.

must

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

on

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

or

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

our

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

outwit

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

said

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

she

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

the

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From this reading She would befool the very elect!”

to

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From this reading “How are we to be on our guard?”

us

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

very

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From this reading She would befool the very elect!”

way

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From this reading “Every way,” he answered.

We

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

will

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From this reading “We must be on our guard,” he said, “or she will again outwit us.

would

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From this reading She would befool the very elect!”

Chapter 26 of Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald holds 239 sentences, grouped into 48 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 26 of Lilith: A Romance contain?

Chapter 26 holds 239 sentences of Lilith: A Romance, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 26 of Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain 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.

How do I study chapter 26 of Lilith: A Romance?

Work through the 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 48 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 26 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 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 Lilith: A Romance?

Yes. All 5702 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1640 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Lilith: A Romance is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #1640, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Lilith: A Romance take to read?

About 475 minutes of reading across 1141 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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