Chapter 1 of Ned Garth is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Ned Garth is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston. NED GARTH; MADE PRISONER IN AFRICA. A TALE OF THE SLAVE TRADE, BY W H G KINGSTON. CHAPTER ONE.
Chapter 1 of Ned Garth is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading “Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
a town on the Hudson River in New York
From this reading “A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.”
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.”
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading “A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.
a town on the Hudson River in New York
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa.
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading A Tale of the Slave Trade, by W H G Kingston.
Chapter 1 of Ned Garth by William Henry Giles Kingston holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 417 sentences of Ned Garth, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Ned Garth by William Henry Giles Kingston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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