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Phil, the Fiddler
Phil, the Fiddler

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Phil, the Fiddler is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.
He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.
He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.
In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.
His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to get even with him,” as he expressed it.
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Phil, the Fiddler

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Phil, the Fiddler is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.
Line 2
He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.
Line 3
He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.
Line 4
In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.
Line 5
His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, toget even with him,” as he expressed it.

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A

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

account

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

again

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

an

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

and

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

as

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

at

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

attempt

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From this reading In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.

back

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

been

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

bookstore

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

Burnton's

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

business

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

by

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From this reading In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.

CAPITALIST

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

chapter

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

City

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

defeat

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

described

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

determined

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

errand

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

even

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

ever

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

explain

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

expressed

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

fiddle

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

fiddler

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

FINDS

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

for

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

frustrated

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From this reading In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.

get

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

had

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

Hall

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

He

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

him

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

his

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

Hoffman

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From this reading In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.

I

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

if

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

immediately

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

in

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

incensed

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

it

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

Italian

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

just

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

leisurely

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

lend

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

little

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

looking

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

loss

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

making

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

met

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

must

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

near

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

of

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

on

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

or

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

ordinary

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

Park

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

passing

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

Paul

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From this reading In his attempt he was frustrated by Paul Hoffman.

PHIL

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

Phil's

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

place

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

previous

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

Rafferty

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

recognized

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

refused

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

saw

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

sent

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

that

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

the

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

Tim

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

To

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

unexpected

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

uptown

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

was

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

way

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

when

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

who

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From this reading He immediately recognized him as the little Italian fiddler who had refused to lend him his fiddle, as described in a previous chapter.

whose

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From this reading PHIL FINDS A CAPITALIST To account for Phil’s unexpected loss, I must explain that Tim Rafferty, whose ordinary place of business was in or near the City Hall Park, had been sent uptown on an errand.

window

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From this reading He was making his way back leisurely, when, just as he was passing Burnton’s bookstore, he saw Phil looking in at the window.

with

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From this reading His defeat incensed him, and he determined, if he ever met Phil again, to “get even with him,” as he expressed it.

Chapter 13 of Phil, the Fiddler by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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.

What does chapter 13 of Phil, the Fiddler contain?

Chapter 13 holds 134 sentences of Phil, the Fiddler, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Phil, the Fiddler

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Garibaldi
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Young
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Italian
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Uptown
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