Chapter 27 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 486 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
Chapter 27 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 486 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no. 233. VERNE, Ilian. Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches. A story of Pittsburg Landing.
Chapter 27 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 486 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “=NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.”
plural of “dispatch” — an official report (usually sent in haste)
From this reading “Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “A story of Pittsburg Landing.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “=NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.”
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “=NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.”
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
From this reading “=NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.”
French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
From this reading “VERNE, Ilian.”
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In this reading “Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.”
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From this reading 233.
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From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
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From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
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From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
plural of “dispatch” — an official report (usually sent in haste)
From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
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From this reading VERNE, Ilian.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading A story of Pittsburg Landing.
a room where books are kept
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
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From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
not any; not one
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
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 =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
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From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
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From this reading A story of Pittsburg Landing.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Phil, the scout; or, A fight for Beauregard’s dispatches.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A story of Pittsburg Landing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
From this reading VERNE, Ilian.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading =NBN p.v.42, no.3= The =War library=; original stories of adventure in the war for the Union. no.
Chapter 27 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library holds 486 sentences, grouped into 98 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 27 holds 486 sentences of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels, unabridged, divided into 98 reading sections.
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