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Mosses from an old manse
Mosses from an old manse

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Mosses from an old manse is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?
Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.
They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.
Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.
Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.
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Mosses from an old manse

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Mosses from an old manse is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?
Line 2
Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.
Line 3
They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.
Line 4
Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.
Line 5
Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

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a

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above

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

accordance

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

admirable

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

afternoon

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

all

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

Among

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

and

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

are

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

as

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

before

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

betaken

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

birds

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

breaking

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

brighter

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

but

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

clamor

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

company

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

crows

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

delights

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

depths

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

disturb

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

Even

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

far

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

feel

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

forget

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

had

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

harbingers

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

haunt

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

have

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

head

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

how

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

I

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

if

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

in

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

increases

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

instead

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

intruded

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

is

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

it

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

livelier

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

long

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

loud

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

Many

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

mostly

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

of

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

off

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

possible

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

quiet

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

race

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

religious

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

remote

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

resounding

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

Sabbath

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

sable

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

scene

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

seem

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

shall

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

silent

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

sit

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

snow

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

so

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

solitude

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

speak

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

spring

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

stillness

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

summer

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

the

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

Their

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

them

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

themselves

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

there

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

They

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

time

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

to

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From this reading Among the delights of spring, how is it possible to forget the birds?

tranquil

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

tree-tops

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

us

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

visited

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

voices

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

was

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

welcome

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

were

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From this reading Even the crows were welcome as the sable harbingers of a brighter and livelier race.

when

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

which

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

with

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From this reading Their voices, when they speak, are in admirable accordance with the tranquil solitude of a summer afternoon; and resounding so far above the head, their loud clamor increases the religious quiet of the scene instead of breaking it.

woods

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From this reading They visited us before the snow was off, but seem mostly to have betaken themselves to remote depths of the woods, which they haunt all summer long.

worshippers

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From this reading Many a time shall I disturb them there, and feel as if I had intruded among a company of silent worshippers, as they sit in Sabbath stillness among the tree-tops.

Chapter 13 of Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 13 holds 163 sentences of Mosses from an old manse, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Mosses from an old manse

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Manse
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Birthmark
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