Chapter 26 of Running the Gauntlet: A Novel is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Running the Gauntlet: A Novel is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. WUFF'S "NEW STAR." "Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!" "Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!" "Constance Greenwood as Lady Malkinshaw!"
Chapter 26 of Running the Gauntlet: A Novel is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a female actor
From this reading “"Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"”
a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
From this reading “"Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"”
woodlands in full leaf
From this reading “"Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “"Constance Greenwood as Lady Malkinshaw!"”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “"Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “WUFF'S "NEW STAR."”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “"Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!"”
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “WUFF'S "NEW STAR."”
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From this reading "Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!"
a female actor
From this reading "Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Constance Greenwood as Lady Malkinshaw!"
a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
From this reading "Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!"
woodlands in full leaf
From this reading "Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Constance Greenwood as Lady Malkinshaw!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Constance Greenwood as Lady Malkinshaw!"
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading WUFF'S "NEW STAR."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Go and see Constance Greenwood on the 18th!"
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading WUFF'S "NEW STAR."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Miss Constance Greenwood, the new actress!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WUFF'S "NEW STAR."
Chapter 26 of Running the Gauntlet: A Novel by Edmund Yates holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 26 holds 229 sentences of Running the Gauntlet: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Running the Gauntlet: A Novel by Edmund Yates exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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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