Chapter 13 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tell. Hit thee? Send The arrow through thy brain? Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye? Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
Chapter 13 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “Send The arrow through thy brain?”
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Hit thee?”
plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?”
press with a mangle
From this reading “Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?”
not able to be found
From this reading “Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading Send The arrow through thy brain?
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Send The arrow through thy brain?
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
the act of escaping physically
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
the organ of sight
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
cause to move by striking
From this reading Hit thee?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
press with a mangle
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
not able to be found
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Send The arrow through thy brain?
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
express in words
From this reading Tell.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Or, missing that, Shoot out an eye?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Send The arrow through thy brain?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Hit thee?
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Send The arrow through thy brain?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Send The arrow through thy brain?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Or, if thine eye escape, Mangle the cheek I've seen thy mother's lips Cover with kisses?
Chapter 13 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 13 holds 408 sentences of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 can be played aloud in United States English.
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