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Chapter 1 of Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and Their Friends is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE. BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1889. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. PREFACE.
Chapter 1 of Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and Their Friends is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
a university in England
From this reading “University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.”
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading “_TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.”
plural of “inventor” — someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading “_TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “PREFACE.”
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading “BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading “University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.”
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading “University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.”
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From this reading 1889.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
a university in England
From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
plural of “inventor” — someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading PREFACE.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
a male human offspring
From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading _TOLD BY INVENTORS AND THEIR FRIENDS._ BY EDWARD E. HALE.
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
Chapter 1 of Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and Their Friends by Edward Everett Hale holds 464 sentences, grouped into 93 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 464 sentences of Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and Their Friends, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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