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Prester John

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Prester John is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 19 of Prester John by John Buchan holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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 19 of Prester John contain?

Chapter 19 holds 176 sentences of Prester John, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of Prester John by John Buchan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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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Vocabulary met early in Prester John

Words and structures a reader meets early in Prester John, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Kirkcaple
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Yesterday
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ARCOLL’S SHEPHERDING
While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.
What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.
The history of the Rising has been compiled.
As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Prester John

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Prester John is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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ARCOLL’S SHEPHERDING
Line 2
While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.
Line 3
What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.
Line 4
The history of the Rising has been compiled.
Line 5
As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Shelves noun US /ʃelvz/

Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.

From this reading “As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.”

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a

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

afterwards

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

Aitken

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

Alexander

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

and

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

Arcoll

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

ARCOLL'S

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From this reading ARCOLL’S SHEPHERDING

as

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

been

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From this reading The history of the Rising has been compiled.

before

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

between

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

blue

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

but

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

compiled

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From this reading The history of the Rising has been compiled.

correspondent

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

drugged

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

edification

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

experience

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

for

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

from

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

great

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

happening

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

has

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From this reading The history of the Rising has been compiled.

have

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

history

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From this reading The history of the Rising has been compiled.

I

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

in

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

is

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

it

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

lay

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

me

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

Mr

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

my

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

neat

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

no

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

of

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

on

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

own

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

pieced

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

Plains

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

Plateau

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

posterity

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

Rising

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From this reading The history of the Rising has been compiled.

see

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/

Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.

From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

SHEPHERDING

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From this reading ARCOLL’S SHEPHERDING

slumber

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

sometime

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

story

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

tale

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

talks

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

tell

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

the

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

things

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

Times

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

to

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

together

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

told

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

two

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

Upton

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

volumes

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

war

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

were

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

What

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

which

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.

While

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From this reading While I lay in a drugged slumber great things were happening.

with

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From this reading What I have to tell is no experience of my own, but the story as I pieced it together afterwards from talks with Arcoll and Aitken.

write

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From this reading As I write I see before me on the shelves two neat blue volumes in which Mr Alexander Upton, sometime correspondent of the _Times_, has told for the edification of posterity the tale of the war between the Plains and the Plateau.