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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.
When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.
I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.
From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.
I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.
Line 2
When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.
Line 3
I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.
Line 4
From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.
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I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

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Blood noun US /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.”

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a

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

all

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

and

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

as

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

at

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

away

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

beat

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

began

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

bench

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

Billingsgate

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

breath

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

came

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

could

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

crossed

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

danger

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

did

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

door

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

down

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

express

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

farther

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

faster

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

felt

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

Fenchurch

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

fire

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

first

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

for

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

forced

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

found

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

fright

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

From

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

got

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

ground

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

had

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

heart

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

horror

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

I

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

if

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

impossible

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

in

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

indeed

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

into

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

is

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

It

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

little

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

many

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

me

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

mend

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

my

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

near

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

never

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

no

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

not

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

of

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

on

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

or

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

out

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

pace

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

recover

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

rested

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

run

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

scarce

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

sit

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

so

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

soul

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

stepped

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

street

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

sudden

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From this reading I rested me a little and went on; my blood was all in a fire; my heart beat as if I was in a sudden fright.

tell

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

Thames

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

that

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

the

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

then

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

thence

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

think

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

through

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

till

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

tired

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

to

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

turned

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

turning

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

turnings

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

was

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From this reading I crossed the street indeed, and went down the first turning I came to, and I think it was a street that went through into Fenchurch Street.

way

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

ways

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

went

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

When

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From this reading When I went away I had no heart to run, or scarce to mend my pace.

where

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

which

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From this reading From thence I crossed and turned through so many ways and turnings, that I could never tell which way it was, not where I went; for I felt not the ground I stepped on, and the farther I was out of danger, the faster I went, till, tired and out of breath, I was forced to sit down on a little bench at a door, and then I began to recover, and found I was got into Thames Street, near Billingsgate.

while

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From this reading It is impossible to express the horror of my soul all the while I did it.

Chapter 18 of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous by Daniel Defoe holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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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Chapter 18 holds 102 sentences of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous by Daniel Defoe exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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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About 266 minutes of reading across 641 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Fortunes
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Misfortunes
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Famous
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Flanders
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