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The Damnation of Theron Ware
The Damnation of Theron Ware

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

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The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.
Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.
On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.
The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.
A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Damnation of Theron Ware

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of The Damnation of Theron Ware is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.
Line 2
Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.
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On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.
Line 4
The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.
Line 5
A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.”

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a

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

and

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

annual

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

as

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

at

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

autumn

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

back

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

burden

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

camp-meeting

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

clearing

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

combined

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

curious

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

day

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

days

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

defined

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

devoted

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

districts

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

escaped

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

fell

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

fifth

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

for

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

forest

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

from

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

half

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

haze

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

he

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

held

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

his

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

hours

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

in

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

incessant

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

irregularly

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

later

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

lay

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

level

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

little

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

looking

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

Methodist

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

nine

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

noon

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

observation

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

Octavius

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

of

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

On

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

one

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

other

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

preachers

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

primitive

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

Rev

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

Saturday

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

scene

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

second

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

September

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

shared

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

soft

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

some

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

spacious

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

sunlight

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

survival

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

tennis-court

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

than

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

that

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

The

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

Theron

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

Thessaly

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

this

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

to

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

turned

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

twenty

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

under

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From this reading A spacious, irregularly defined clearing in the forest lay level as a tennis-court, under the soft haze of autumn sunlight.

upon

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

usual

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

walked

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

Ware

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

was

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

Wesleyanism

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From this reading Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

which

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

with

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

woods

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

work

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From this reading On the noon of that day the Rev. Theron Ware escaped for some hours from the burden of work and incessant observation which he shared with twenty other preachers, and walked alone in the woods.

worth

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From this reading The scene upon which he turned his back was one worth looking at.

year

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From this reading The annual camp-meeting of the combined Methodist districts of Octavius and Thessaly was held this year in the second half of September, a little later than usual.

Chapter 22 of The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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.

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