Chapter 1 of T. B. Peterson's List of Publications (1857) is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of T. B. Peterson's List of Publications (1857) is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS. THE NECROMANCER. A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth. By G. W. M. Reynolds. One large volume.
Chapter 1 of T. B. Peterson's List of Publications (1857) is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading “A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.”
one who practices magic or sorcery
From this reading “THE NECROMANCER.”
English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)
From this reading “By G. W. M. Reynolds.”
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “One large volume.”
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “One large volume.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By G. W. M. Reynolds.
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading By G. W. M. Reynolds.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading One large volume.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.
one who practices magic or sorcery
From this reading THE NECROMANCER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One large volume.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.
English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)
From this reading By G. W. M. Reynolds.
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NECROMANCER.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading A Romance of the times of Henry the Eighth.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading One large volume.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading GEORGE W. M. REYNOLD'S WORKS.
Chapter 1 of T. B. Peterson's List of Publications (1857) by Pa.) T.B. Peterson & Brothers (Philadelphia holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 430 sentences of T. B. Peterson's List of Publications (1857), unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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