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Prester John

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

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A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.
It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.
That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.
If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.
Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Prester John

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Prester John is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.
Line 2
It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.
Line 3
That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.
Line 4
If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.
Line 5
Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.

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A

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

abler

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

all

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

an

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

AND

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

as

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

at

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

back

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

be

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From this reading Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.

been

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

behind

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

business

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

by

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

centre

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

could

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

done

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

ends

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

epic

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

every

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

fain

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

fate

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

fear

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From this reading Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.

found

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

GREAT

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

guarded

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

guns

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

had

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

has

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

have

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

hero

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From this reading Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.

history

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

how

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

I

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

If

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

is

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

It

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

knowledge

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

lad

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

left

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

make

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

me

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

men

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

must

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

my

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

natives

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

not

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

now

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

numbers

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

of

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

only

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

overcame

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

pass

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

PERIL

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

Plains

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

Plateau

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

points

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

privileged

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

ragged

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

raw

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

Rising

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

rolled

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

said

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

SALVATION

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

see

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

show

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

some

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

spoke

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

start

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

strategy

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

tactics

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

take

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

task

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

That

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

the

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

tide

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

to

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

tried

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

up

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

was

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

were

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

whereas

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

which

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From this reading A GREAT PERIL AND A GREAT SALVATION I must now take up some of the ragged ends which I have left behind me.

who

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From this reading That has been done by abler men, who were at the centre of the business, and had some knowledge of strategy and tactics; whereas I was only a raw lad who was privileged by fate to see the start.

without

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From this reading Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.

wits

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

would

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From this reading If I could, I would fain make an epic of it, and show how the Plains found at all points the Plateau guarded, how wits overcame numbers, and at every pass which the natives tried the great guns spoke and the tide rolled back.

write

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From this reading It is not my task, as I have said, to write the history of the great Rising.

Yet

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From this reading Yet I fear it would be an epic without a hero.

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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.

Yesterday
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First
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Sight
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Little
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