Chapter 1 of The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES. FLORENCE McLANDBURGH. CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO. 1876. JOHN McLANDBURGH.
Chapter 1 of The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
From this reading “THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “FLORENCE McLANDBURGH.”
a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638)
From this reading “CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “JOHN McLANDBURGH.”
plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading “THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.”
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From this reading 1876.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
From this reading THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading FLORENCE McLANDBURGH.
a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638)
From this reading CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN McLANDBURGH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHICAGO: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLORENCE McLANDBURGH.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AUTOMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
Chapter 1 of The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches by Florence McLandburgh holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 451 sentences of The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches by Florence McLandburgh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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