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Men, Women and Ghosts
Men, Women and Ghosts

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Amy Lowell • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 16 of Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 16 of Men, Women and Ghosts contain?

Chapter 16 holds 174 sentences of Men, Women and Ghosts, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 16 of Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

How do I study chapter 16 of Men, Women and Ghosts?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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.

Can chapter 16 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 16 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of Men, Women and Ghosts?

Yes. All 3490 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #841 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Men, Women and Ghosts is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #841, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Men, Women and Ghosts take to read?

About 290 minutes of reading across 698 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Men, Women and Ghosts

Words and structures a reader meets early in Men, Women and Ghosts, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Produced
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Men, Women and Ghosts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Light
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Women
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Men, Women and Ghosts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ghosts
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Men, Women and Ghosts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Context Illustration Reading 1/35 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.
Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.
The Paper Windmill
The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.
The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.
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Men, Women and Ghosts

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.
Line 2
Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.
Line 3
The Paper Windmill
Line 4
The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.
Line 5
The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.
All words in this reading · 57

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after

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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against

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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And

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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at

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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back

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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bed

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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bells

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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boy

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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bright

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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By

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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chimed

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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cobble-stones

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From this reading The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.

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cold

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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crept

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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curtains

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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dawn

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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face

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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fire

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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George

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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glistened

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From this reading The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.

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got

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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he

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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his

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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in

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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lay

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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light

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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like

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From this reading The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.

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little

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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looked

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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Martyr

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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mica

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From this reading The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.

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morning

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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Mr

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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of

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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out

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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Paper

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From this reading The Paper Windmill

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pressed

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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quarter

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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remade

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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seeped

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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seven

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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shivering

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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Spruggins

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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square

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From this reading The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica.

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St

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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sunshiny

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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the

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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Then

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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there

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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to

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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under

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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up

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From this reading Mr. Spruggins got up in the cold dawn And remade the fire.

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which

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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While

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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Windmill

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From this reading The Paper Windmill

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window

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From this reading Then he crept back to bed By the light which seeped in under the window curtains, And lay there, shivering, While the bells of St. George the Martyr chimed the quarter after seven.

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window-pane

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From this reading The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning.

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