Chapter 1 of The foreign debt of English literature is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The foreign debt of English literature is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST. LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO. CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
Chapter 1 of The foreign debt of English literature is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
From this reading “BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.”
a university in England
From this reading “LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.”
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading “LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.”
possessive form of “lincoln” — 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
From this reading “LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading “LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.”
Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
From this reading “BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
From this reading BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
a university in England
From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
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From this reading CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
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From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
possessive form of “lincoln” — 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
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From this reading NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading LINCOLN’S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
From this reading BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
Chapter 1 of The foreign debt of English literature by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker holds 417 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.
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