Chapter 28 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter 28 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75. Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30. Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19. Deadly-Eye, the unknown scout, 58. Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
Chapter 28 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
From this reading “Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.”
a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
From this reading “Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.”
diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
From this reading “Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.”
one who loves and defends his or her country
From this reading “Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.”
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.”
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading “Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.”
(Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart
From this reading “Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.”
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
From this reading “Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.”
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From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Deadly-Eye, the unknown scout, 58.
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From this reading Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
From this reading Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
From this reading Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
one who loves and defends his or her country
From this reading Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading Cody, W. F.: Deadly-Eye, and The prairie rover, 19.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Deadly-Eye, the unknown scout, 58.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
(Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart
From this reading Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cobb, Sylvanus: The patriot cruiser, 75.
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
From this reading Death Trailer, the chief of scouts, 24.
not known
From this reading Deadly-Eye, the unknown scout, 58.
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 Cobb, W. J.: Flash Falcon, the society detective, 30.
Chapter 28 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library holds 501 sentences, grouped into 101 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 28 holds 501 sentences of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 28 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 501 sentences, grouped into 101 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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