Chapter 1 of The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews is here in full — 471 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews is here in full — 471 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WATER GHOST. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25 THE DREAMERS.
Chapter 1 of The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews is here in full — 471 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “dreamer” — someone who is dreaming
From this reading “16mo 1.25 THE DREAMERS.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “THE WATER GHOST.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated.”
plural of “peep” — the short weak cry of a young bird
From this reading “16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “THE WATER GHOST.”
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In this reading “16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.”
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From this reading 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
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From this reading 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
plural of “dreamer” — someone who is dreaming
From this reading 16mo 1.25 THE DREAMERS.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading THE WATER GHOST.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
plural of “peep” — the short weak cry of a young bird
From this reading 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading 16mo 1.25 PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WATER GHOST.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading THE WATER GHOST.
Chapter 1 of The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews by John Kendrick Bangs holds 471 sentences, grouped into 95 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 1 holds 471 sentences of The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
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