Chapter 16 of Mizora is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of Mizora is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts. Was this an enchanted country? Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form? Or was I dreaming? "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
Chapter 16 of Mizora is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading “Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?”
a person with fair skin and hair
From this reading “Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “Or was I dreaming?”
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading “Was this an enchanted country?”
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?”
an idea that is suggested
From this reading “I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.”
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
From this reading “Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Was this an enchanted country?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
plural of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
a person with fair skin and hair
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Was this an enchanted country?
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading Or was I dreaming?
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading Was this an enchanted country?
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
and nothing more
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
coins collectively
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
an idea that is suggested
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was this an enchanted country?
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading I trembled at the suggestion of my own thoughts.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was this an enchanted country?
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Where the lovely blonde women fairies--or some weird beings of different specie, human only in form?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I do not believe I understand you," I said.
Chapter 16 of Mizora by Mary E. Bradley Lane holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 16 holds 178 sentences of Mizora, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Mizora by Mary E. Bradley Lane exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Mizora, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
