Chapter 6 of The Eagle's Shadow is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Eagle's Shadow is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The farce!" Billy stammered. "You--why, you saw me when I found it!" "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it. I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.
Chapter 6 of The Eagle's Shadow is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy stammered.”
a low-lying region in central France
From this reading “I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.”
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
From this reading “"The farce!"”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “"Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.”
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading “"Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.”
open the lock of
From this reading “I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.”
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From this reading "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Billy stammered.
a low-lying region in central France
From this reading I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
From this reading "The farce!"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.
set up or found
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.
cut with a saw
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy stammered.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The farce!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.
open the lock of
From this reading I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place.
at the time that
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
an affirmative
From this reading "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You--why, you saw me when I found it!"
Chapter 6 of The Eagle's Shadow by James Branch Cabell holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 420 sentences of The Eagle's Shadow, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Eagle's Shadow by James Branch Cabell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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