Chapter 1 of The Continental Monthly — Vol. 6 is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Continental Monthly — Vol. 6 is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VOL. VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected. All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
Chapter 1 of The Continental Monthly — Vol. 6 is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II.”
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
From this reading “| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.”
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
plural of “inconsistency” — the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
From this reading “All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.”
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
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preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.”
someone whose occupation is printing
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From this reading VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected.
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
From this reading | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
plural of “inconsistency” — the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
not any; not one
From this reading VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II.
a brief written record
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easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
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preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
someone whose occupation is printing
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All | |other inconsistencies are as in the original.
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From this reading +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading VI.--AUGUST, 1864.--No. II.
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From this reading VOL.
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