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Mosses from an old manse
Mosses from an old manse

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Mosses from an old manse is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.
With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.
It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.
No less a man,” said my friend; and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.
They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.
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Mosses from an old manse

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Mosses from an old manse is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.
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With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.
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It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.
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No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.
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They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

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Immortal adj US /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading “They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.”

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a

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

ages

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

an

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and

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

announced

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

are

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

aspect

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

assembled

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

at

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attentive

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auditors

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

be

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

betokened

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

between

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

close

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

connected

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

contrast

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crowd

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deeply

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

destruction

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

distant

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

doctrine

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dogma

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earnestness

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

earthly

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

elderly

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

exclaimed

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

faith

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

Father

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

for

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

forming

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

friend

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

futurity

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

glanced

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

hall

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

hand

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

have

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

He

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

himself

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

his

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

honest

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

how

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

I

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

imply

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

in

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

innumerable

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

is

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

It

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

just

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

led

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

less

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

look

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

man

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

mankind

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

me

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

Miller

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From this reading “It is Father Miller himself!” exclaimed I.

my

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

nature

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

No

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

observe

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

of

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

own

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

part

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

perfection

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

physical

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

picturesque

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

plain

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

reformers

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round

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

said

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

schemes

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

sincerest

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

spirit

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

that

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

the

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

They

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

those

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

to

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

trustworthy

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

was

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

we

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

were

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

where

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From this reading He led me to a distant part of the hall where a crowd of deeply attentive auditors were assembled round an elderly man of plain, honest, trustworthy aspect.

which

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

whom

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From this reading “No less a man,” said my friend; “and observe how picturesque a contrast between his dogma and those of the reformers whom we have just glanced at.

will

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From this reading They look for the earthly perfection of mankind, and are forming schemes which imply that the immortal spirit will be connected with a physical nature for innumerable ages of futurity.

With

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

world

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From this reading With an earnestness that betokened the sincerest faith in his own doctrine, he announced that the destruction of the world was close at hand.

Chapter 15 of Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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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Vocabulary met early in Mosses from an old manse

Words and structures a reader meets early in Mosses from an old manse, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Manse
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Birthmark
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Select
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