Chapter 7 of The Black Dwarf is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Black Dwarf is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- . Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Chapter 7 of The Black Dwarf is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading “Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading “Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Proud bird of the mountain, thy plume shall be torn!-- .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Return to thy dwelling; all lonely, return; For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o’er her famishing brood.--CAMPBELL.
Chapter 7 of The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 164 sentences of The Black Dwarf, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 33 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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