Chapter 9 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 9 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) by Various holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 9 holds 398 sentences of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series), unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCENE I MOTHER. Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here. The sun is high and the sky is clear. Dear little lad in your coat of green! Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
Chapter 9 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
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From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
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From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
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From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
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From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
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From this reading Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
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From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
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From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
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From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SCENE I MOTHER.
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From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
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From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
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From this reading Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
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From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
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From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
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From this reading SCENE I MOTHER.
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From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
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From this reading Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
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From this reading SCENE I MOTHER.
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From this reading Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
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From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
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From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun is high and the sky is clear.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Prettiest laddie that e’er was seen!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now little Boy-green, I’ll leave you here.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear little lad in your coat of green!
