Chapter 8 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou. New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888. 28 p. illus. f^o. (no. 520.) BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
Chapter 8 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
From this reading “New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.”
United States writer (1889-1973)
From this reading “AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.”
annoy persistently
From this reading “BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.”
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
From this reading “AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.”
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
From this reading “New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.”
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
From this reading “BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.”
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In this reading “AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.”
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From this reading New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.
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From this reading 28 p. illus. f^o. (no.
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From this reading 520.)
American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
From this reading New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.
United States writer (1889-1973)
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
annoy persistently
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
From this reading New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading 28 p. illus. f^o. (no.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
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From this reading 28 p. illus. f^o. (no.
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.
not any; not one
From this reading 28 p. illus. f^o. (no.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading 28 p. illus. f^o. (no.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading 28 p. illus. f^o. (no.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
to the highest extent
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading BADGER, Joseph E. Dandy Andy, the diamond detective; or, The twins of Tip-Top.
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 AIKEN, Albert W. The Lone Hand on the Caddo; or, The bad man of the big bayou.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York: Beadle & Adams, 1888.
Chapter 8 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library holds 308 sentences, grouped into 62 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 8 holds 308 sentences of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
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