Chapter 1 of The Last of the Peterkins With Others is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Last of the Peterkins With Others is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
With Others of their kin. BY LUCRETIA P. HALE. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1906. This Book is Dedicated.
Chapter 1 of The Last of the Peterkins With Others is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “This Book is Dedicated.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.”
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading “This Book is Dedicated.”
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading “BY LUCRETIA P. HALE.”
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading “With Others of their kin.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.”
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From this reading 1906.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading This Book is Dedicated.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY LUCRETIA P. HALE.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading This Book is Dedicated.
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading BY LUCRETIA P. HALE.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This Book is Dedicated.
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading With Others of their kin.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY LUCRETIA P. HALE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With Others of their kin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Others of their kin.
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 BY LUCRETIA P. HALE.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading With Others of their kin.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This Book is Dedicated.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Others of their kin.
Chapter 1 of The Last of the Peterkins With Others by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 405 sentences of The Last of the Peterkins With Others, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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