Chapter 16 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FORREST, Edwin Brooke. The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission. New York: Beadle and Adams, 1887. 15 p. illus. 3. ed.
Chapter 16 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 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 and Adams, 1887.”
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
From this reading “New York: Beadle and Adams, 1887.”
English lyric poet (1887-1915)
From this reading “FORREST, Edwin Brooke.”
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
From this reading “The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.”
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading “FORREST, Edwin Brooke.”
Belgian composer (1532-1594)
From this reading “The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.”
possessive form of “louis” — United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading “The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.”
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From this reading 15 p. illus.
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From this reading New York: Beadle and Adams, 1887.
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From this reading 3. ed.
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 and Adams, 1887.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading New York: Beadle and Adams, 1887.
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
From this reading New York: Beadle and Adams, 1887.
English lyric poet (1887-1915)
From this reading FORREST, Edwin Brooke.
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading 3. ed.
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading FORREST, Edwin Brooke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORREST, Edwin Brooke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 15 p. illus.
Belgian composer (1532-1594)
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
possessive form of “louis” — United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
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 and Adams, 1887.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
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 15 p. illus.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cowboy duke; or, Lasso Louis’s strange mission.
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 and Adams, 1887.
Chapter 16 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library holds 366 sentences, grouped into 74 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 16 holds 366 sentences of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
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