Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa: NOV. 29, '88. Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man. You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading “Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.”
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
From this reading “Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:”
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading “Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.”
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
From this reading “Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:”
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “NOV.”
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
From this reading “Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:”
fraught with danger
From this reading “Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.”
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From this reading 29, '88.
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From this reading 29, '88.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
any person at all
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
at any time
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading NOV.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
fraught with danger
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Letter to Orion Clemens, in Keokuk, Iowa:
produce a literary work
From this reading Jesus Christ!--It is perilous to write such a man.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can go crazy on less material than anybody that ever lived.
Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) by Mark Twain holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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 5 holds 169 sentences of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900), unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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