Chapter 1 of The Comstock Club is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Comstock Club is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE COMSTOCK CLUB. EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE. Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men. 1891. TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Chapter 1 of The Comstock Club is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.”
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
From this reading “THE COMSTOCK CLUB.”
enlarged to an abnormal degree
From this reading “Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.”
plural of “monster” — an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.”
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading “TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.”
(ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests
From this reading “EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE.”
a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
From this reading “TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.”
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From this reading 1891.
plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading THE COMSTOCK CLUB.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
From this reading THE COMSTOCK CLUB.
every day; without missing a day
From this reading EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE.
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
and nothing more
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE.
enlarged to an abnormal degree
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
the force of workers available
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
plural of “monster” — an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COMSTOCK CLUB.
(ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests
From this reading EDITOR SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Neither radiant angels nor magnified monsters, but just plain, true men.
a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
From this reading TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Chapter 1 of The Comstock Club by C. C. (Charles Carroll) Goodwin holds 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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 1 holds 355 sentences of The Comstock Club, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Comstock Club by C. C. (Charles Carroll) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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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