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Round-About Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
Round-About Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

Chapter I

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
_Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home
The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man
The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River
Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Round-About Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

Chapter I

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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_Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home
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The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man
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The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River
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Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Learner Dictionary

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Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man”

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “_Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River”

Parlor noun US /ˈpɑːrlər/

an old-fashioned sitting room

From this reading “The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man”

Pearl noun US /pɜːrl/

a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel

From this reading “Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch”

Pit noun US /pɪt/

A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.

From this reading “_Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home”

Terrible noun US /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man”

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1776

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

1872

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

according

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Act

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Ant's

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Apples

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Arabian

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Arch

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Artillery-man

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Bagnolet's

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Balloon

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Ballooning

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Bell

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Big

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Bit

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Blind

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Bottomless

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Brook

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Buff

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Cable

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Cascade

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Cave

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Cellar

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Clouds

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Coming

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Companion

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Congress

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Continental

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Cornfield

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Dinner

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Divers

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Dog's

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Donkey

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

down

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Driven

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Drummer

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Elephant

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Entered

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Exactly

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Falls

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Fishes

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Fishing

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Flesseles

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Flying

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

French

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Frontispiece

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Gallant

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Gavarni

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Ghost

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Giraffe

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

GreatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Handing

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Hans

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Head

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Herb-Gatherer

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

HimpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Home

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Horse

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Iceberg

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Kitchen

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Le

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Librarian

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Lion

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Lion's

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Mammoth

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Man

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Man's

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Marmaduke

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Mill

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Minerva

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Mosquito

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Net

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Niagara

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Noon

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Nurse

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Off

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Office

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

out

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Oyster

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Parachute

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

ParlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/

an old-fashioned sitting room

From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Patsey

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

PearlnounUS /pɜːrl/

a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel

From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

PitnounUS /pɪt/

A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.

From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Procession

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Protector

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

River

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Rough

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Roughly

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

round

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Royal

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Rudders

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Safe

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Sails

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Saving

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Sea

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Shipwreck

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

shut

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Sir

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Soldier

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Soldier-Boy

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Spear

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Spider

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Sponge-Fishing

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Spring

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From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

Storm

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Story-Teller

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

TerriblenounUS /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Theatrical

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Toll-bridge

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From this reading _Frontispiece._ The Lion's Head The Theatrical Ghost The Toll-bridge A Royal Procession An Elephant after Him The Dog's Protector An Elephant Nurse Saving the Artillery-man The Gallant Elephant The French Soldier-Boy On a Bell Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave The Bottomless Pit The Lion's Home

Uncaged

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From this reading The Uncaged Lion A Lion's Dinner A Terrible Companion Off to the Kitchen Blind Man's Buff The Story-Teller In the Cellar Handing round the Apples The Drummer of 1776 The Continental Soldier The Donkey in the Parlor Sir Marmaduke The Giraffe Above the Clouds The Flying Man

Washington

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Water

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

Water-Spouts

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Parachute--shut The Parachute--open Le Flesseles Bagnolet's Balloon Coming down Roughly A Balloon with Sails and Rudders The Minerva Safe Ballooning Driven out to Sea The Arabian Horse In the Cornfield A Big Mosquito Exactly Noon The Spring The Brook The Mill The Cascade The Great River

year

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Zambesi

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From this reading Falls of Gavarni The Falls of Zambesi Niagara Fishing with a Net Fishing with a Spear Sponge-Fishing A Pearl Oyster Divers Rough Water The Iceberg The Storm The Shipwreck Water-Spouts A Bit of Cable Hans, the Herb-Gatherer Patsey A Spider at Home The Ant's Arch