Chapter 19 of The Cost is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Cost is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm finding myself disagreeable company today." "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German. But I supposed it was your executive pose." "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it." His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Chapter 19 of The Cost is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
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From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
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From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
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From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
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From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
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From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
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From this reading "I'm finding myself disagreeable company today."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm finding myself disagreeable company today."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm finding myself disagreeable company today."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm finding myself disagreeable company today."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm finding myself disagreeable company today."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His old-young face was shadowed for an instant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was thinking that I'll be old before I know it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm finding myself disagreeable company today."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You did look dull," she said, as they set out together, "dull as a love-sick German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I supposed it was your executive pose."
Chapter 19 of The Cost by David Graham Phillips holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Chapter 19 holds 207 sentences of The Cost, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Cost by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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