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St. Ives

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of St. Ives is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.
I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.
Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.
And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.
I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.
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St. Ives

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of St. Ives is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.
Line 2
I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.
Line 3
Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.
Line 4
And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.
Line 5
I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

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a

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

able

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

accent

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From this reading Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.

after

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

an

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

and

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

as

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

ask

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

at

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

be

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

best

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

brogue

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

Candlish

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chanced

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

civility

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command

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

could

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

deceive

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

dog

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

doubtless

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From this reading Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.

down

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

drover

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

dubbed

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

echoed

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

England

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

English

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

Englishman

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

experience

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

explained

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From this reading Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.

felt

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

for

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

fortune

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

friend

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

had

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

head

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

hesitation

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

hill

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

I

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

if

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

imitate

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

in

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

It

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

last

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

least

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

make

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

me

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

men

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might

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

my

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

native

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

never

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

no

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

not

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

occurred

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

of

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

or

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

outlandish

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

part

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

particulars

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

pass

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

process

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

provision

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

pushed

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

questions

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

race

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

reverse

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

rich

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

Scot

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

Scotland

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From this reading And it occurred to me, that if I could pass in Scotland for an Englishman, I might be able to reverse the process and pass in England for a Scot.

Sim

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

so

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

Some

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From this reading Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.

strangeness

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From this reading Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.

struggle

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

tale

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

tell

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

that

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

the

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

their

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

these

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

they

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

thought

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

thus

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From this reading Some strangeness in the accent they had doubtless thus explained.

to

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

told

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

Tweedie's

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From this reading I thought, if I was pushed to it, I could make a struggle to imitate the brogue; after my experience with Candlish and Sim, I had a rich provision of outlandish words at my command; and I felt I could tell the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native.

unfruitfully

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

was

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

went

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

with

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without

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words

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From this reading It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

yet

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From this reading I had never told these men the least particulars as to my race or fortune, as it was a part, and the best part, of their civility to ask no questions: yet they had dubbed me without hesitation English.

Chapter 11 of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

What does chapter 11 of St. Ives contain?

Chapter 11 holds 183 sentences of St. Ives, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in St. Ives

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

Month
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Unlucky
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Hands
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Enemy
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