Chapter 1 of Mrs. Darrell is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Mrs. Darrell is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1905. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Chapter 1 of Mrs. Darrell is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.”
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “Published May, 1905.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.”
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set up or found
In this reading “Set up and electrotyped.”
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From this reading Published May, 1905.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Set up and electrotyped.
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From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Set up and electrotyped.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Published May, 1905.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Published May, 1905.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Set up and electrotyped.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Set up and electrotyped.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
Chapter 1 of Mrs. Darrell by Foxcroft Davis holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of Mrs. Darrell, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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