Chapter 1 of The Golden Rock is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Golden Rock is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London. This edition dated 1895. The Golden Rock, by Ernest Glanville. ________________________________________________________________________ THE GOLDEN ROCK, BY ERNEST GLANVILLE. CHAPTER ONE.
Chapter 1 of The Golden Rock is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading “This edition dated 1895.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “This edition dated 1895.”
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading “The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.”
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
From this reading “The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.”
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From this reading This edition dated 1895.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading This edition dated 1895.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading This edition dated 1895.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This edition dated 1895.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading The Golden Rock By Ernest Glanville Illustrations by Stanley Wood Published by Chatto and Windus, London.
Chapter 1 of The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of The Golden Rock, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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