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St. Ives

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of St. Ives is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.
It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.
Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.
In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.
The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of EnglishGod help their pronunciation!
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St. Ives

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of St. Ives is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.
Line 2
It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.
Line 3
Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.
Line 4
In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.
Line 5
The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of EnglishGod help their pronunciation!

All words in this reading · 80

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a

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

all

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

an

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

and

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

appetite

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

appointed

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

at

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

before

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

beyond

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

bread

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

business

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

came

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

cart

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

Colonel

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

course

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

daily

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

dangerous

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

departed

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

disconnected

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dismount

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each

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

eat

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

English

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find

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fire

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

for

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

give

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

God

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

had

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

half

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

have

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

head

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

help

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

hostelries

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

house

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I

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

in

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

inconsiderable

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

It

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

King

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

known

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

like

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

loin's

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

Major

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

manner

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

mentioned

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

mile

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

minimise

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

mouth

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

of

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

or

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

orders

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

our

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

piece

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

place

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

pleased

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pronunciation

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put

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

risk

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

satisfy

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

severally

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

some

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From this reading In like manner we departed, to find the cart at an appointed place, some half a mile beyond.

Sometimes

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

straggle

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

strangers

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

the

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

their

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

to

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

two

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

under

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

usual

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

view

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

was

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

wayside

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

we

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

went

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From this reading It was a dangerous business; we went daily under fire to satisfy our appetite, and put our head in the loin’s mouth for a piece of bread.

what

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

which

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From this reading I have mentioned our usual course, which was to eat in inconsiderable wayside hostelries, known to King.

word

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From this reading The Colonel and the Major had each a word or two of English—God help their pronunciation!

would

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From this reading Sometimes, to minimise the risk, we would all dismount before we came in view of the house, straggle in severally, and give what orders we pleased, like disconnected strangers.

Chapter 15 of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 352 sentences, grouped into 71 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 15 of St. Ives contain?

Chapter 15 holds 352 sentences of St. Ives, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 352 sentences, grouped into 71 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.

How do I study chapter 15 of St. Ives?

Work through the 71 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 71 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 15 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading St. Ives

Common questions about reading St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of St. Ives?

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

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  1. Open a chapter

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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
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.