Chapter 1 of St. Cuthbert's is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of St. Cuthbert's is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905. Second Edition, October, 1905. Third Edition, October 15, 1905. Fourth Edition, November 1905. Fifth Edition, December 1905.
Chapter 1 of St. Cuthbert's is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “_New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “Fifth Edition, December 1905.”
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “_New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.”
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “Fourth Edition, November 1905.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “_New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.”
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Third Edition, October 15, 1905.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading Fifth Edition, December 1905.
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading Fifth Edition, December 1905.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading Fourth Edition, November 1905.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading Fourth Edition, November 1905.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading Second Edition, October, 1905.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Second Edition, October, 1905.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading Third Edition, October 15, 1905.
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading _New York Chicago Toronto_ _FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY_ _London and Edinburgh_ First Edition, September, 1905.
Chapter 1 of St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. (Robert Edward) Knowles holds 379 sentences, grouped into 76 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 1 holds 379 sentences of St. Cuthbert's, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. (Robert Edward) Knowles exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 379 sentences, grouped into 76 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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About 302 minutes of reading across 727 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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