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The Breitmann Ballads

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Breitmann Ballads is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Charles Godfrey Leland • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Begin the vanilla ASCII Breitmann Ballads The Breitmann Ballads by Charles G. Leland.

This Work is Dedicated by Charles G. Leland Poul and Karen Anderson without whose inspiration it would not exist.

Ad Musan.

"Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

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The Breitmann Ballads

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Breitmann Ballads is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Begin the vanilla ASCII Breitmann Ballads The Breitmann Ballads by Charles G. Leland.

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This Work is Dedicated by Charles G. Leland Poul and Karen Anderson without whose inspiration it would not exist.

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Ad Musan.

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"Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

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Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

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absingo

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

abstatto

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Ad

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From this reading Ad Musan.

and

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From this reading This Work is Dedicated by Charles G. Leland Poul and Karen Anderson without whose inspiration it would not exist.

Anderson

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ASCII

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aufrichto

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Ballads

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Begin

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Breitmann

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by

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carmina

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Charles

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corpore

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

Dedicated

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From this reading This Work is Dedicated by Charles G. Leland Poul and Karen Anderson without whose inspiration it would not exist.

ebrensaulas

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

ergebo

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Est

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

et

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

etenim

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etiam

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exist

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G

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geluebda

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Geschenka

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Haec

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

Herza

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

Hic

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Huic

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

illi

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

in

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

inspiration

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ipsum

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is

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it

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Karen

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Leland

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liebsta

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

liedros

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

me

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

mea

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

meaque

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

meoque

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

mihi

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

Musa

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

Musan

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From this reading Ad Musan.

not

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opfroque

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

Poul

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praestanti

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

regierit

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

schoena

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

scribo

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From this reading Huic me ergebo ipsum meaque illi abstatto geluebda, Huic ebrensaulas aufrichto opfroque Geschenka, Hic etiam absingo liedros et carmina scribo."

sola

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From this reading "Est mihi schoena etenim et praestanti corpore liebsta Haec sola est mea Musa meoque regierit in Herza.

the

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This

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vanilla

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whose

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without

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Work

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would

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Chapter 1 of The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland holds 134 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.

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Chapter 1 holds 134 sentences of The Breitmann Ballads, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

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