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Whereon Prince
The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Whereon Prince
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As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.
"Accept my sympathy!" said he.
"I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."
"The past few centuries!" gasped Nerle.
"What do you mean?"
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The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.
Line 2
"Accept my sympathy!" said he.
Line 3
"I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."
Line 4
"The past few centuries!" gasped Nerle.
Line 5
"What do you mean?"

All words in this reading · 41

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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Accept

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From this reading "Accept my sympathy!" said he.

and

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

As

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

been

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

centuries

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

concluded

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

different

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

do

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From this reading "What do you mean?"

during

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

exactly

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

feel

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

few

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

for

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

gasped

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From this reading "The past few centuries!" gasped Nerle.

grasped

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

hand

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

has

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

he

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From this reading "Accept my sympathy!" said he.

him

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

his

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

how

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

I

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

know

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

life

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

Marvel

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

mean

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From this reading "What do you mean?"

much

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

my

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From this reading "Accept my sympathy!" said he.

Nerle

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

not

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

own

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

past

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

Prince

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

said

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From this reading "Accept my sympathy!" said he.

story

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

sympathy

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From this reading "Accept my sympathy!" said he.

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

turned

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From this reading As Nerle concluded his story Prince Marvel turned to him and grasped his hand.

What

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From this reading "What do you mean?"

you

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From this reading "I know exactly how you feel, for my own life during the past few centuries has not been much different."

Chapter 4 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

What does chapter 4 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince contain?

Chapter 4 holds 181 sentences of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince?

Yes. All 2002 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #518 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #518, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince take to read?

About 166 minutes of reading across 401 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Whereon
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Prince
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Marvel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Encountered
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.