Chapter 1 of Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 1 of Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas by F. Anstey holds 365 sentences, grouped into 73 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 1 holds 365 sentences of Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
} } denotes a large curly bracket. SONGS & DRAMAS. By F. ANSTEY. Illustrated. Price 3_s._ 6_d._ SONGS & DRAMAS.
Chapter 1 of Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading Price 3_s._ 6_d._ SONGS & DRAMAS.
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From this reading Price 3_s._ 6_d._ SONGS & DRAMAS.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading By F. ANSTEY.
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showing who or what does the action
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From this reading Price 3_s._ 6_d._ SONGS & DRAMAS.
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From this reading } } denotes a large curly bracket.
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From this reading SONGS & DRAMAS.
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From this reading By F. ANSTEY.
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From this reading Illustrated.
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From this reading Price 3_s._ 6_d._ SONGS & DRAMAS.
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From this reading Price 3_s._ 6_d._ SONGS & DRAMAS.
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From this reading SONGS & DRAMAS.
