Chapter 6 of The Book of Dreams and Ghosts is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Book of Dreams and Ghosts is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Transition to Appearances of the Dead. Obvious Scientific Difficulties. Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts. Theory of Dead Men's Dreams. Illustrated by Sleep-walking House-maid.
Chapter 6 of The Book of Dreams and Ghosts is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “appearance” — outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading “Transition to Appearances of the Dead.”
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated by Sleep-walking House-maid.”
a public toilet for men
From this reading “Theory of Dead Men's Dreams.”
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading “Obvious Scientific Difficulties.”
not evidencing any purpose or goal
From this reading “Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts.”
of or relating to the practice of science
From this reading “Obvious Scientific Difficulties.”
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading “Transition to Appearances of the Dead.”
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plural of “appearance” — outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading Transition to Appearances of the Dead.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Illustrated by Sleep-walking House-maid.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Transition to Appearances of the Dead.
plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading Obvious Scientific Difficulties.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading Theory of Dead Men's Dreams.
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated by Sleep-walking House-maid.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated by Sleep-walking House-maid.
a public toilet for men
From this reading Theory of Dead Men's Dreams.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading Obvious Scientific Difficulties.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Transition to Appearances of the Dead.
not evidencing any purpose or goal
From this reading Purposeless Character of Modern Ghosts.
of or relating to the practice of science
From this reading Obvious Scientific Difficulties.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated by Sleep-walking House-maid.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Transition to Appearances of the Dead.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading Theory of Dead Men's Dreams.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Transition to Appearances of the Dead.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading Transition to Appearances of the Dead.
Chapter 6 of The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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 6 holds 230 sentences of The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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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