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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuringbut I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anythingit is Pavilionstone.
Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.
I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.
It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.
Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.
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Reprinted Pieces

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Reprinted Pieces is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuringbut I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anythingit is Pavilionstone.
Line 2
Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.
Line 3
I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.
Line 4
It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.
Line 5
Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

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a

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

about

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

age

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

am

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

an

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

and

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

anything

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

as

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

Assurance

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

at

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

bad

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

be

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

best

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

brandy

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

but

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

century

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

cliff

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

coevally

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

Company

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

considered

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

dead

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

do

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

early

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

edge

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

electricity

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

famous

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

fell

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

fishing

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

for

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

gas

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

have

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

he

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

heard

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

hollands

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

I

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

If

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

in

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

From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

is

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

it

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

From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

just

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

lamplighter's

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

life

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

lighting

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

little

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

From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

lived

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

made

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

murmuring

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

name

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

narrow

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

night

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

not

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

now

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

observed

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

of

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

Offices

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

oil-lamps

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

on

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

From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

over

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

particular

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

Pavilionstone

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

From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

peace

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

premised

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

quarter

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

Railway

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

rather

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

recollect

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

relied

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

reputation

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

run

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

say

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

screech

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

sea

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

shore

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

smuggling

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

South-Eastern

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

steep

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

streets

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

that

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

the

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

they

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

this

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

time

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

to

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

town

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

up

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

upon

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

us

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

usually

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

very

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

was

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

water's

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From this reading Now, gas and electricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South-Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night.

way

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

were

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From this reading It was observed that if he were not particular about lighting up, he lived in peace; but that, if he made the best of the oil-lamps in the steep and narrow streets, he usually fell over the cliff at an early age.

when

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

whose

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From this reading If I recollect the name of the little town, on whose shore this sea is murmuring—but I am not just now, as I have premised, to be relied upon for anything—it is Pavilionstone.

with

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From this reading I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter’s was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices.

Within

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From this reading Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smuggling town.

Chapter 9 of Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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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Vocabulary met early in Reprinted Pieces

Words and structures a reader meets early in Reprinted Pieces, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Voyage
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Reprinted Pieces; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Begging-letter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Reprinted Pieces; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Writer
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Child
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Reprinted Pieces; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.