Chapter 17 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 17 of Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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.
Chapter 17 holds 204 sentences of Men, Women and Ghosts, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Walk Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching. On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles. Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise. The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Chapter 17 of Men, Women and Ghosts is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the sidewalks, boys are playing marbles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys strike them with black and red striped agates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Walk
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the street the white clouds meet, and sheer away without touching.
