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Middlemarch

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Middlemarch is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By George Eliot • Curated US English Learning Edition

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TWO TEMPTATIONS.

These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

“Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

“Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

“I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

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Chapter XXX Reading 1/24

Middlemarch

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Middlemarch is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

TWO TEMPTATIONS.

Line 2

These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

Line 3

“Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

Line 4

“Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

Line 5

“I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

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about

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accustomed

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

am

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

and

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From this reading “I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

answered

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

are

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

at

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

banter

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

belief

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

busy

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From this reading “I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

Christmas

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

dinner-parties

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Farebrother

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GOLDSMITH

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

great

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

hand

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

Have

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he

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his

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

I

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

in

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is

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From this reading “I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

lately

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

light

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little

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

Lydgate

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

man

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

medical

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

Mr

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

much

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new

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

Not

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of

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

on

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

one

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

out

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From this reading “I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

parry

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

phoenix

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

right

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

said

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

say

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

scientific

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

seen

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

sorry

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

speaking

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

TEMPTATIONS

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From this reading TWO TEMPTATIONS.

the

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

These

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

things

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

to

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From this reading These little things are great to little man.—GOLDSMITH.

Toller

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

Toller's

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

too

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From this reading “I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

TWO

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From this reading TWO TEMPTATIONS.

Vicar

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From this reading “Not much, I am sorry to say,” answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller’s banter about his belief in the new medical light.

way

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From this reading “I am out of the way and he is too busy.”

you

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

your

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From this reading “Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand.

Chapter 30 of Middlemarch by George Eliot holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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.

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Chapter 30 holds 123 sentences of Middlemarch, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

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