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The Black Dwarf

Chapter X · Chapter 10

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I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; thou art like a the rest o them.
Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o them a is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
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The Black Dwarf

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Black Dwarf is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
Line 2
Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
Line 3
The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like athe rest othem.
Line 4
Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wimine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
Line 5
But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off othem ais my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wimy best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

Learner Dictionary

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Blood noun US /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.”

All words in this reading · 112

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a

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

ain

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

And

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

art

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

as

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

at

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

BALLAD

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

best

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

blaw

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

bower

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

break

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

bred

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

bright

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

But

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

cause

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

clad

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

coldness

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

common

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

company

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

cousin

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

day

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

deemed

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

dressed

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

e'en

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

farthest

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

fed

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

fiend

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

founder

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

free

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

friends

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

had

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

Hae

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

hand

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

he

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

him

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

himself

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

his

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

Hobbie

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

homeward

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

horse

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

I

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

I'll

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

impatiently

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

in

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

Incensed

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

interested

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

is

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

It

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

kinsman

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

ladye's

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

last

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

lave

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

left

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

like

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

mair

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

mine

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

my

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

nearly

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

neck

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

need

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

night

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

not

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

now

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

o

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

of

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

off

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

OLD

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

on

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

or

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

over-fatigued

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

regard

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

removed

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

rest

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

road

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

roses

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

said

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

seek

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

served

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

shaken

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

show

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

snapper

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

snaw

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

so

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

solitary

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

spurred

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

stumbling

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

sun

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

sweet

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

ten

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

than

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

the

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

thee

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

their

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

them

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

they

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

thief

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

think

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

thou

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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.

thou'rt

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

times

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

to

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

utmost

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

wad

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

was

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

Westburnflat

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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.

what

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

when

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

which

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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.

wi

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

wouldst

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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?

wreaths

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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.

Chapter 10 of The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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.

What does chapter 10 of The Black Dwarf contain?

Chapter 10 holds 132 sentences of The Black Dwarf, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

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Work through the 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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How long does The Black Dwarf take to read?

About 152 minutes of reading across 367 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Black Dwarf

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Black Dwarf, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Preliminary
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Black Dwarf; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Philosophy
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Shepherd
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April
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Black Dwarf; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.