Chapter 3 of The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, pshaw! Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically. "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation." "That's so," said Livingstone. "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Chapter 3 of The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
From this reading “"Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."”
having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
From this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
plural of “copy” — a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
From this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
From this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
From this reading “"That's so," said Livingstone.”
plural of “package” — a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice
From this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading “"Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
In this reading “"We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
plural of “copy” — a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
From this reading "That's so," said Livingstone.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, pshaw!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
in a peaceable manner
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
plural of “package” — a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
a full supply
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, pshaw!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
being one more than sixteen
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "That's so," said Livingstone.
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading "Stony and I are Committee on Circulation."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's so," said Livingstone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading Perny; there's plenty of time," said Van Dorn, pacifically.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
which person or people
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "We had one man to-day who wanted to put copies of our first issue into seventeen million packages of starch for distribution throughout the entire civilized world.
Chapter 3 of The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper by Albert Bigelow Paine holds 458 sentences, grouped into 92 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 3 holds 458 sentences of The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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