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St. Ives

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.
There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.
In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.
By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.
I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.
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St. Ives

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of St. Ives is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.
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There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.
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In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.
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By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.
Line 5
I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

Learner Dictionary

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Liberty noun US /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading “In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.”

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a

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

abominable

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

about

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

acquaintance

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

against

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

all

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

an

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

and

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

anxious

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

anywhere

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

as

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

at

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

be

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

below

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

but

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

by

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

call

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

called

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

came

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

can

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

castle

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

celebrity

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

chief

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

city

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

comes

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

concurrent

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

corner

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

curtain

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

dark

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

desire

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

Devil's

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

dignity

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

directions

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

down

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

drew

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

either

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

Elbow

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

enjoy

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

escape

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

escaping

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

face

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

for

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

gate

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

guard

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

had

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

have

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

him

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

his

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

I

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

if

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

In

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

is

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

it

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

labours

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

least

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

left

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

less

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

made

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

main

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

many

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

met

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

most

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

must

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

near

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

nearer

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

never

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

night

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

noise

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

nor

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

not

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

of

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

on

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

one

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

or

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

other

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

our

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

out

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

pierce

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

place

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

precautions

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

precipice

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

prisoners

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

prospect

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

regain

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

rest

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

safety

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

seemed

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

side

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

south-west

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

street

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

surrounds

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From this reading In all other directions an abominable precipice surrounds it, down the face of which (if anywhere at all) we must regain our liberty.

that

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

The

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

There

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

they

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

this

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

thought

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

time

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

to

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

up

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

upper

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

we

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From this reading The time for our escape drew near, and the nearer it came the less we seemed to enjoy the prospect.

what

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From this reading I have never met that celebrity; nor (if the rest of him at all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance.

which

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

with

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From this reading There is but one side on which this castle can be left either with dignity or safety; but as there is the main gate and guard, and the chief street of the upper city, it is not to be thought of by escaping prisoners.

working

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From this reading By our concurrent labours in many a dark night, working with the most anxious precautions against noise, we had made out to pierce below the curtain about the south-west corner, in a place they call the _Devil’s Elbow_.

Chapter 6 of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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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Yes. All 5601 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #322 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of St. Ives is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #322, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does St. Ives take to read?

About 466 minutes of reading across 1121 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read St. Ives section by section

How to work through St. Ives section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 30 chapters of St. Ives to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in St. Ives

Words and structures a reader meets early in St. Ives, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Month
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Unlucky
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hands
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Enemy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.