Chapter 19 of The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE AMBUSCADE. NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts. Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight. Oh dear, no! Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
Chapter 19 of The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “accommodate” — be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.”
anything that covers or conceals
From this reading “Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.”
occurring or falling between events or points in time
From this reading “Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.”
plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.”
possessive form of “simon” — one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
From this reading “Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.”
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading “Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.”
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past form of “accommodate” — be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
(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 NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
From this reading THE AMBUSCADE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
anything that covers or conceals
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh dear, no!
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
occurring or falling between events or points in time
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
not any; not one
From this reading Oh dear, no!
the middle of the day
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh dear, no!
on one occasion
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
possessive form of “simon” — one of the twelve Apostles (first century)
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AMBUSCADE.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Simon's thoughts accommodated themselves fitly to the time of day.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading NIGHT came, and with it all black thoughts.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Not that they were black at once, any more than darkness leaps upon the back of noon, without the intervening cloak of twilight.
Chapter 19 of The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel by Martin Farquhar Tupper holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 19 holds 78 sentences of The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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