Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p. 97-184. Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837--p. 185-272. Vol. 10, No. 4, October 1837--p.
Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.”
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “Vol. 10, No. 4, October 1837--p.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837--p.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
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From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 97-184.
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From this reading 185-272.
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From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 185-272.
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From this reading Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837--p.
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From this reading Vol. 10, No. 4, October 1837--p.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 97-184.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
not any; not one
From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading Vol. 10, No. 4, October 1837--p.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837--p.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837--p.
Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 by Various holds 377 sentences, grouped into 76 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 377 sentences of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 377 sentences, grouped into 76 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 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 76 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.
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About 212 minutes of reading across 511 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 1, July 1837, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
