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Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.
Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.
All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.
Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.
Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.
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Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/59 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.
Line 2
Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.
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All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.
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Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.
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Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

Learner Dictionary

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Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.”

Waking adjective US /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading “Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.”

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a

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

All

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

and

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

asleep

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

at

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

awake

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

away

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

awoke

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From this reading Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.

brought

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

but

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

came

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

chamber

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

darkness

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From this reading Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.

day

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

dreams

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

even

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

fear

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

filled

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

frightful

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

from

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

going

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

himself

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

horse

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

house

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

in

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

inside

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

into

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

it

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

its

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

know

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

like

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

made

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

moan

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

never

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

night

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

not

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

of

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

on

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

Once

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

one

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

or

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

out

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

passed

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

quivered

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

report

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

rest

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

said

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

sank

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

seemed

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

shaking

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

shook

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.

silent

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

sleep

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

so

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

sob

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

something

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

sound

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From this reading Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.

soundless

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

strange

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

terrible

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

terror

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From this reading Never a sound awoke; the darkness was one with the silence, and the silence was the terror.

that

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

the

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

Their

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

them

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

they

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

to

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From this reading All night something seemed going on in the house--something silent, something terrible, something they were not to know.

trembled

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

troubled

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

was

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From this reading Their night was a troubled one, and they brought a strange report of it into the day.

were

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

Whether

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

wind

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From this reading Once, a frightful wind filled the house, and shook its inside, they said, so that it quivered and trembled like a horse shaking himself; but it was a silent wind that made not even a moan in their chamber, and passed away like a soundless sob.

with

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From this reading Whether the fear of their sleep came out into their waking, or their waking fear sank with them into their dreams, awake or asleep they were never at rest from it.

Chapter 33 of Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald holds 299 sentences, grouped into 60 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 33 of Lilith: A Romance contain?

Chapter 33 holds 299 sentences of Lilith: A Romance, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 33 of Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 299 sentences, grouped into 60 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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