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Chapter III · Chapter 3

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The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.
(Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.
That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.
In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.
In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.
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Stage-Land

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Stage-Land is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.
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(Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.
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That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.
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In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.
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In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

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a

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about

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

among

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

and

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

angels

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

any

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

are

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

business

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

but

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

by

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

bye

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

chambers

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

chance

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

comedy

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

day

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

did

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

died

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

different

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

doubt

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

dull

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

early

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

fact

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

Few

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

fixed

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

for

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

friends

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

frivolous

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

from

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

gather

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

gentleman

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

good

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

He

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

her

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

heroine's

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

him

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

his

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

idea

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

in

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

individual

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

is

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

lady

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

latter

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

lawyer

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

life

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

literature

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

lively

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

loved

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

make

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

man

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

married

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

marry

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

men

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

most

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

mother

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

mother-in-law

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

nature

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

never

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

no

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

nose

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

not

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

now

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

of

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

office

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

old

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

on

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

our

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

place

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

point

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

possesses

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

quite

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

sainted

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

so

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

spend

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

stage

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

sure

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

tear

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

That

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

The

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From this reading The good stage lawyer is never by any chance a married man.

there

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

this

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

very

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From this reading In stage literature of a frivolous nature the lawyer is a very different individual.

we

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From this reading (Few good men are, so we gather from our married lady friends.) He loved in early life the heroine's mother.

who

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

wife

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

woman

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From this reading That "sainted woman" (tear and nose business) died and is now among the angels--the gentleman who did marry her, by the bye, is not quite so sure about this latter point, but the lawyer is fixed on the idea.

young

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From this reading In comedy he is young, he possesses chambers, and he is married (there is no doubt about this latter fact); and his wife and his mother-in-law spend most of the day in his office and make the dull old place quite lively for him.

Chapter 3 of Stage-Land by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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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