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Stories to Tell to Children

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Stories to Tell to Children is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.
The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.
He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.
"They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.
"It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.
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Stories to Tell to Children

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Stories to Tell to Children is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.
Line 2
The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.
Line 3
He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.
Line 4
"They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.
Line 5
"It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

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a

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

about

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

again

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

and

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

angrily

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

answered

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are

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as

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

asked

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at

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

be

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

beautiful

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

bright

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

chanting

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

choir

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church

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

clerk

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

courtiers

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

day

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

degree

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

down

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

dressed

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

exalted

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

for

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from

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

garments

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

hath

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

he

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

him

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

himself

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

his

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

in

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

is

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

It

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

king

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

knew

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

Latin

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

learned

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

lie

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

louder

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

low

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

mean

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

meant

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

mighty

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

no

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

noticed

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

of

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

One

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

particular

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

place

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

proud

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

put

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

repeated

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

robes

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

royal

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

said

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

seats

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

seemed

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

service

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

side

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

sitting

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

swelled

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

The

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

their

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

them

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

then

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

They

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From this reading "They mean, 'He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree,'" answered the clerk.

this

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

those

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

to

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

turned

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

verse

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

vesper

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

voices

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

was

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

well

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From this reading "It is well the words are in Latin, then," said the king angrily, "for they are a lie.

were

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From this reading One day, this proud king was sitting in his place at church, at vesper service; his courtiers were about him, in their bright garments, and he himself was dressed in his royal robes.

what

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

which

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From this reading The choir was chanting the Latin service, and as the beautiful voices swelled louder, the king noticed one particular verse which seemed to be repeated again and again.

words

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From this reading He turned to a learned clerk at his side and asked what those words meant, for he knew no Latin.

Chapter 13 of Stories to Tell to Children by Sara Cone Bryant holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 13 of Stories to Tell to Children contain?

Chapter 13 holds 183 sentences of Stories to Tell to Children, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 of Stories to Tell to Children by Sara Cone Bryant exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 13 of Stories to Tell to Children?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 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 13 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 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.

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Is this the complete text of Stories to Tell to Children?

Yes. All 2769 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #473 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #473, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Stories to Tell to Children take to read?

About 230 minutes of reading across 554 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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