Chapter 8 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
. “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.” * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
Chapter 8 of Remember the Alamo is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading “. “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.””
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
capable of being influenced or formed
From this reading “* * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;”
associated with the priesthood or priests
From this reading “. “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.””
become active
From this reading “* * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;”
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading “. “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.””
-ing form of “troop” — march in a procession
From this reading “. “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.””
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading “. “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
the past participle of “be”
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
an old form of “has”
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
capable of being influenced or formed
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
associated with the priesthood or priests
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
become active
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
moving very fast
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
-ing form of “troop” — march in a procession
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
at the time that
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
in or at the place that
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading . “witness, When the dark-stoled priestly crew, Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew.”
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading * * * * * “Rouse thee, Wrath, and be a giant; People’s Will, that hath been pliant, Long, too long;
Chapter 8 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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.
Chapter 8 holds 323 sentences of Remember the Alamo, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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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