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Poor and Proud

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Poor and Proud is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.
Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.
She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.
She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.
"Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.
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Poor and Proud

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Poor and Proud is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.
Line 2
Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.
Line 3
She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.
Line 4
She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.
Line 5
"Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

All words in this reading · 57

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A

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From this reading KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.

about

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

all

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

and

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

as

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

asked

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

at

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

did

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

do

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

fellow

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

for

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

friend

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

FROM

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From this reading KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.

GETS

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From this reading KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.

good

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

had

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

he

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

her

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

him

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

his

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

hoped

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

it

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

joined

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

KATY

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From this reading KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.

lesson

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

LETTER

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From this reading KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.

like

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

LIVERPOOL

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From this reading KATY GETS A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL.

many

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

Master

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

mayor

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

my

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

not

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

on

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

pitied

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

poor

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

pride

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

returned

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

sat

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

say

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

sidewalk

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

Simon

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

Sneed

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

so

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

tell

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

the

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

they

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

things

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

to

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

unpleasant

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

Well

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

what

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From this reading "Well, Katy, what did my friend the mayor say?" asked Simon, as he joined her on the sidewalk.

when

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

window

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From this reading Master Simon Sneed sat at the window when Katy returned, and she had to tell him all about it.

would

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From this reading She pitied him, poor fellow, and she hoped the lesson would do him good.

wound

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From this reading She did not like to tell him so many unpleasant things, for they would wound his pride.

Chapter 15 of Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 15 of Poor and Proud contain?

Chapter 15 holds 145 sentences of Poor and Proud, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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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Redburn
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Others
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Introduced
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Flounder
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