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Mosses from an old manse
Mosses from an old manse

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Mosses from an old manse is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, a coal for my pipe!”
The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.
She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.
Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.
Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.
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Mosses from an old manse

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Mosses from an old manse is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGENDDickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”
Line 2
The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.
Line 3
She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.
Line 4
Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.
Line 5
Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

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A

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

able

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

after

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

an

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

and

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

appearance

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

as

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

at

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

been

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

bowl

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

brought

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

but

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

by

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

came

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

coal

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

cried

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

dame's

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

Dickon

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

discover

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

FEATHERTOP

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

filling

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

fire

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

for

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

Forthwith

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

from

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

given

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

glow

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

had

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

hand

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

have

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

having

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

hearth

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

how

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

however

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

I

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

in

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

indeed

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

intense

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

invisible

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

it

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

kindled

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

LEGEND

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

light

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

lips

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

MORALIZED

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

morning

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

Mother

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

mouth

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

my

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

never

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

no

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

of

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

old

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

order

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

out

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

pipe

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

red

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

Rigby

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From this reading FEATHERTOP: A MORALIZED LEGEND “Dickon,” cried Mother Rigby, “a coal for my pipe!”

Rigby's

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

said

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

she

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

smoke

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

soon

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

stooping

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

that

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

The

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

there

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

these

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

thither

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

thrust

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

to

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

tobacco

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

was

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

when

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

Whence

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From this reading Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able to discover.

where

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

whiff

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From this reading Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke came from Mother Rigby’s lips.

with

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

without

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From this reading She had thrust it there after filling it with tobacco, but without stooping to light it at the hearth, where indeed there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled that morning.

words

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From this reading The pipe was in the old dame’s mouth when she said these words.

Chapter 18 of Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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.

What does chapter 18 of Mosses from an old manse contain?

Chapter 18 holds 139 sentences of Mosses from an old manse, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

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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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Party
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