Chapter 1 of The Great K. & A. Robbery is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 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 K. & A. Robbery is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Great K. & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_: _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
Chapter 1 of The Great K. & A. Robbery is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
From this reading “_TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:”
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading “IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.”
United States chemist (1839-1903)
From this reading “_TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:”
with appreciation; in a grateful manner
From this reading “IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.”
written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
From this reading “_At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.”
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading “& A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.”
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading “& A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.”
a short theatrical episode
From this reading “_At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
with affection
From this reading IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
From this reading _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
a university in England
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
dearly loved
From this reading _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
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 _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
United States chemist (1839-1903)
From this reading _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
with appreciation; in a grateful manner
From this reading IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Great K.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The Great K.
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
in an original manner
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
express the need or desire for
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
a short theatrical episode
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
a male human offspring
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Great K.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._ _My dear George_:
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
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 & A. Robbery Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling New York Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole party.
Chapter 1 of The Great K. & A. Robbery by Paul Leicester Ford holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 107 sentences of The Great K. & A. Robbery, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Great K. & A. Robbery by Paul Leicester Ford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 22 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Great K. & A. Robbery by Paul Leicester Ford on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 1800 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25333 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #25333, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 150 minutes of reading across 360 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Great K. & A. Robbery section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 16 chapters of The Great K. & A. Robbery to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Great K. & A. Robbery, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
