Chapter 1 of Maid Marian, and Other Stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Maid Marian, and Other Stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See https:// Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase. _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc. MISS SEAWELL'S BOOKS. THROCKMORTON.
Chapter 1 of Maid Marian, and Other Stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “_No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “MISS SEAWELL'S BOOKS.”
the literary culture
From this reading “Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “MISS SEAWELL'S BOOKS.”
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading “Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.”
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading “Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See https://”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading MISS SEAWELL'S BOOKS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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From this reading See https://
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
the literary culture
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS SEAWELL'S BOOKS.
not any; not one
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS SEAWELL'S BOOKS.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See https://
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _No. 77_] =APPLETONS'= [_50 cts._ AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, LITTLE JARVIS, Etc.
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Small uppercase letters have been replaced with regular uppercase.
Chapter 1 of Maid Marian, and Other Stories by Molly Elliot Seawell holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 1 holds 424 sentences of Maid Marian, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Maid Marian, and Other Stories by Molly Elliot Seawell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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