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Remember the Alamo

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks.
Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eye in the full mid-day beam.”
--MILTON.
And from these grounds, concluding as we doe, Warres causes diuerse, so by consequence Diuerse we must conclude their natures too: For war proceeding from Omnipotence, No doubt is holy, wise, and without error; The sword, of justice and of sin, the terror.”
--LORD BROOKE.
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Remember the Alamo

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/56 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks.
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Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eye in the full mid-day beam.”
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--MILTON.
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And from these grounds, concluding as we doe, Warres causes diuerse, so by consequence Diuerse we must conclude their natures too: For war proceeding from Omnipotence, No doubt is holy, wise, and without error; The sword, of justice and of sin, the terror.”
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--LORD BROOKE.

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Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

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a

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after

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an

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and

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as

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beam

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BROOKE

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From this reading --LORD BROOKE.

by

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causes

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conclude

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concluding

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consequence

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diuerse

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doe

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doubt

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eagle

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error

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eye

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For

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from

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full

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grounds

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her

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herself

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holy

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I

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in

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invincible

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is

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justice

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kindling

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like

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locks

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LORD

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From this reading --LORD BROOKE.

man

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Methinks

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mewing

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From this reading Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eye in the full mid-day beam.”

mid-day

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mighty

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MILTON

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From this reading --MILTON.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

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must

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my

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nation

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natures

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No

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noble

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of

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Omnipotence

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proceeding

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puissant

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rousing

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see

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shaking

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sin

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sleep

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so

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strong

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sword

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terror

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the

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their

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these

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too

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undazzled

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war

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Warres

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we

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wise

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From this reading “And from these grounds, concluding as we doe, Warres causes diuerse, so by consequence Diuerse we must conclude their natures too: For war proceeding from Omnipotence, No doubt is holy, wise, and without error; The sword, of justice and of sin, the terror.”

without

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youth

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From this reading Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eye in the full mid-day beam.”

Chapter 3 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr holds 282 sentences, grouped into 57 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 282 sentences of Remember the Alamo, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.

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