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The Breitmann Ballads

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Breitmann Ballads is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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----- Nota bene.
- Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.
Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.
Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.
FRITZ SCHWACKENHAMMER.
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The Breitmann Ballads

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Breitmann Ballads is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
----- Nota bene.
Line 2
- Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.
Line 3
Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.
Line 4
Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.
Line 5
FRITZ SCHWACKENHAMMER.

All words in this reading · 46

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1869

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

a

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

abbears

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

all

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

ardist

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

as

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

ash

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

bass

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

bene

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From this reading ----- Nota bene.

boem

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

Breitmann

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

can

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

coomed

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

crate

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

cratest

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

de

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

der

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

dings

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

Dis

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

for

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

FRITZ

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From this reading FRITZ SCHWACKENHAMMER.

Herein

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

Herr

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

in

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

it

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

lied

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

Mishter

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

nefer

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

Nota

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From this reading ----- Nota bene.

or

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

pefore

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

proof

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

Prophet

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

prophezeit

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

SCHWACKENHAMMER

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From this reading FRITZ SCHWACKENHAMMER.

Seher

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

so

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

Story

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

to

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

und

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

vas

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From this reading Herein der Herr Breitmann abbears ash a Seher or Prophet so crate as de cratest ash nefer vas.

W

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

wars

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

was

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

whom

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From this reading Der crate ardist, Mishter W. W. Story, for whom dis lied vas written, can proof all dis.

written

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From this reading - Dis boem was all written in 1869, pefore de wars; und all de dings prophezeit in it coomed to bass.

Chapter 13 of The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 13 of The Breitmann Ballads contain?

Chapter 13 holds 149 sentences of The Breitmann Ballads, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

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Begin
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Vanilla
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Ascii
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Breitmann
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