Chapter 13 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Barney.” Alas! for her dreams. How rudely they were dispelled! Alas! for her castle in Spain. Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
Chapter 13 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “Alas! for her dreams.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “Alas! for her castle in Spain.”
inflected form of “dispel” — force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
From this reading “How rudely they were dispelled!”
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading “Alas! for her dreams.”
in an impolite manner
From this reading “How rudely they were dispelled!”
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading “Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.”
a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
From this reading “Alas! for her castle in Spain.”
unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
From this reading “Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.”
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used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Alas! for her dreams.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Barney.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Alas! for her castle in Spain.
inflected form of “dispel” — force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
From this reading How rudely they were dispelled!
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading Alas! for her dreams.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Alas! for her dreams.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alas! for her dreams.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How rudely they were dispelled!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alas! for her castle in Spain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
in an impolite manner
From this reading How rudely they were dispelled!
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
From this reading Alas! for her castle in Spain.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How rudely they were dispelled!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Already it was tottering to ruin, and by Barney's hand.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading How rudely they were dispelled!
Chapter 13 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies by Ralph Connor holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 13 holds 219 sentences of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies by Ralph Connor exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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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