Chapter 1 of My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MY BEAUTIFUL LADY. NELLY DALE. BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.A. CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_. 1887.
Chapter 1 of My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.”
an open river valley (in a hilly area)
From this reading “NELLY DALE.”
small in range or scope
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
a resort town in east central Florida
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.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 “CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.”
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From this reading 1887.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.A.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading MY BEAUTIFUL LADY.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
an open river valley (in a hilly area)
From this reading NELLY DALE.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading MY BEAUTIFUL LADY.
small in range or scope
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY BEAUTIFUL LADY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NELLY DALE.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.A.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THOMAS WOOLNER, R.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 CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_.
Chapter 1 of My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Thomas Woolner holds 327 sentences, grouped into 66 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 327 sentences of My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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