Chapter 1 of Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY. MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_. BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_. 1888.
Chapter 1 of Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room where books are kept
From this reading “CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.”
small in range or scope
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.”
a resort town in east central Florida
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading “CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.”
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading “BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.”
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading “BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.”
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From this reading 1888.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
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From this reading CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.
a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
From this reading MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.
a room where books are kept
From this reading CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
small in range or scope
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
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From this reading MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.
term of address for a man
From this reading BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading MARMION: _A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD_.
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
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