Chapter 1 of Stories about — is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Stories about — is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STORIES ABOUT —. STORIES ABOUT —. BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.” _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
Chapter 1 of Stories about — is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.””
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
From this reading “BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.””
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.””
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “STORIES ABOUT —.”
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading “BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading STORIES ABOUT —.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading STORIES ABOUT —.
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY LADY BARKER, AUTHOR OF “SYBIL’S BOOK.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
Chapter 1 of Stories about — by Lady (Mary Anne) Barker holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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 1 holds 140 sentences of Stories about —, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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