Chapter 1 of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Laird o' Coul's Ghost. _AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHAP-BOOK._ The Laird o' Coul's Ghost. FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV. DR.
Chapter 1 of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.”
a landowner
From this reading “The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.”
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “FROM THE ORIGINAL MS.”
the act of having and controlling property
From this reading “IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV.”
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading “IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHAP-BOOK._ The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
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From this reading _AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHAP-BOOK._ The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
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From this reading The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
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From this reading DR.
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From this reading _AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHAP-BOOK._ The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM THE ORIGINAL MS.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV.
a landowner
From this reading The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading FROM THE ORIGINAL MS.
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 The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading FROM THE ORIGINAL MS.
the act of having and controlling property
From this reading IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV.
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading IN THE POSSESSION OF THE REV.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Laird o' Coul's Ghost.
Chapter 1 of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost by William Ogilvie holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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 197 sentences of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost by William Ogilvie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
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