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Tales and Fantasies

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Tales and Fantasies is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
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Tales and Fantasies

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Tales and Fantasies 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

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HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
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His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
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At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
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At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
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What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

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Memory noun US /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading “At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.”

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.”

All words in this reading · 101

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abated

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

absent

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

admired

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

affection

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

again

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

all

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

and

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

anger

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

as

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

At

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

began

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

biding

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

blighted

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

bludgeoned

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

by

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

clock-work

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

collapse

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

confusion

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

course

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

diminish

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

disowned

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

drawer

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

even

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

evening

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

father

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

father's

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

fear

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

first

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

for

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

from

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

gashes

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

grief

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

had

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

have

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

he

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

head

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

His

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

hope

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

hour

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

HOW

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

if

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

in

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

indignation

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

into

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

it

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

its

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

John

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

lay

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

life

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

little

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

love

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

lulls

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

menacing

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

misery

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

mortal

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

next

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

no

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

not

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

of

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

pacing

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

passed

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

place

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

plunging

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

profit

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

progressive

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

proportion

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

public-houses

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

raised

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

regular

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

relate

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

safe

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

should

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

sick

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

some

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

son

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

squalls

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

streets

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

take

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

tended

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

that

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

the

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

their

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

these

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

this

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

thwarted

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

to

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

twenty

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

vanity

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

virtues

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

was

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

way

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

were

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

what

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

which

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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?

windy

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

with

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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.

words

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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.

would

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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.

yet

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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.

Chapter 6 of Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson 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 6 of Tales and Fantasies contain?

Chapter 6 holds 183 sentences of Tales and Fantasies, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Tales and Fantasies

Words and structures a reader meets early in Tales and Fantasies, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Varey
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Nicholson
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Stupid
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Stupider
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