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Remember the Alamo
Remember the Alamo

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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O blest be he!
O blest be he!
Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
--Spanish Ballad.
If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
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Remember the Alamo

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/93 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
O blest be he!
Line 2
O blest be he!
Line 3
Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
Line 4
--Spanish Ballad.
Line 5
If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

All words in this reading · 36

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

all

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

and

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

Ballad

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From this reading --Spanish Ballad.

be

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From this reading “O blest be he!

blessings

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

blest

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From this reading “O blest be he!

bright

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

chains

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

find

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

he

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From this reading “O blest be he!

him

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

holy

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

If

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

lady

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

Let

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

love

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

made

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

O

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From this reading “O blest be he!

occasion

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

of

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

prove

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

right

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

say

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

Seek

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

shall

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

shining

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

Spanish

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From this reading --Spanish Ballad.

that

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

the

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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

to

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

watch

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

From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

way

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

Who

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

From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”

would

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

From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

you

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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”

Chapter 4 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 4 of Remember the Alamo contain?

Chapter 4 holds 465 sentences of Remember the Alamo, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of Remember the Alamo?

Work through the 93 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 93 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Remember the Alamo

Common questions about reading Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Remember the Alamo?

Yes. All 5735 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #287 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Remember the Alamo is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #287, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Remember the Alamo take to read?

About 477 minutes of reading across 1147 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Remember the Alamo section by section

How to work through Remember the Alamo section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 18 chapters of Remember the Alamo to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Remember the Alamo

Words and structures a reader meets early in Remember the Alamo, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Stepping
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Westward
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Advance
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Though
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Remember the Alamo; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.