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Penrod

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Penrod is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 3 of Penrod by Booth Tarkington holds 53 sentences, grouped into 11 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.

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Chapter 3 holds 53 sentences of Penrod, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.

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Penrod
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After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.
They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.
During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.
At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be as medieval and artistic as possible.”
Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.
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Penrod

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Penrod is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.
Line 2
They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.
Line 3
During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.
Line 4
At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to beas medieval and artistic as possible.”
Line 5
Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

Learner Dictionary

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.”

Taste verb US /teɪst/

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading “Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.”

All words in this reading · 84

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a

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

After

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

and

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

anguishes

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

announced

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

artistic

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

as

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

At

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

attended

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

be

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

bedroom

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

but

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

by

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

calf

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

children's

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

citizens

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

clothes

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

costumes

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

costuming

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

details

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

did

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

dressed

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

During

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

earlier

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

entirely

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

exceeding

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

eyes

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

for

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

girl

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

good

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

grown-up

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

had

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

have

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

he

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

him

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

his

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

in

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

leave

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

Lora

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

lunch

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

Margaret

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

medieval

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

might

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

mother

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

mother's

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

mothers

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

Mrs

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

mute

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

near

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

nineteen

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

of

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

Otherwise

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

parents

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

pathos

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

perceived

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

possible

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

premonitory

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

pretty

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

process

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

rehearsal

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

Rewbush

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

sacrifice

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

said

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From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

shambles

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

she

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

sinister

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

sister

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

sisters

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

soul

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

stricken

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

student

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

symptoms

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

tasteverbUS /teɪst/

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading Otherwise, and as to details, she said, she would leave the costumes entirely to the good taste of the children's parents.

that

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

the

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From this reading After lunch his mother and his sister Margaret, a pretty girl of nineteen, dressed him for the sacrifice.

They

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

to

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

uprising

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

was

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From this reading During the earlier anguishes of the process he was mute, exceeding the pathos of the stricken calf in the shambles; but a student of eyes might have perceived in his soul the premonitory symptoms of a sinister uprising.

what

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

window

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.

wished

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From this reading At a rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended by mothers and grown-up sisters, Mrs. Lora Rewbush had announced that she wished the costuming to be “as medieval and artistic as possible.”

would

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From this reading They stood him near his mother's bedroom window and did what they would to him.