Chapter 1 of The Great God Success: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Great God Success: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J. “O your college paper, I suppose?” “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.” “Took prizes for essays?” “No, I never wrote if I could help it.”
Chapter 1 of The Great God Success: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading ““O your college paper, I suppose?””
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.”
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading ““No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.””
plural of “essay” — an analytic or interpretive literary composition
From this reading ““Took prizes for essays?””
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.”
plural of “prize” — something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading ““Took prizes for essays?””
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading ““No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.””
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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 “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading “O your college paper, I suppose?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “No, I never wrote if I could help it.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
plural of “essay” — an analytic or interpretive literary composition
From this reading “Took prizes for essays?”
divisible by two
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Took prizes for essays?”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “No, I never wrote if I could help it.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “O your college paper, I suppose?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “No, I never wrote if I could help it.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “No, I never wrote if I could help it.”
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O your college paper, I suppose?”
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading “O your college paper, I suppose?”
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From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
plural of “prize” — something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading “Took prizes for essays?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
express a supposition
From this reading “O your college paper, I suppose?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By John Graham (David Graham Phillips) The Gregg Press / Ridgewood, N.J.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “Took prizes for essays?”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “No, I never wrote even a letter to the editor.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “O your college paper, I suppose?”
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