Chapter 40 of The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET. Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September. The reapers are once more in the fields. Far away there is a crying of voices. The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
Chapter 40 of The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading “The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.”
demanding attention
From this reading “Far away there is a crying of voices.”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.”
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “The reapers are once more in the fields.”
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading “THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET.”
unhurried and relaxed
From this reading “The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Far away there is a crying of voices.”
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
From this reading “The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.”
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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 Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The reapers are once more in the fields.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Far away there is a crying of voices.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
demanding attention
From this reading Far away there is a crying of voices.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Far away there is a crying of voices.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading The reapers are once more in the fields.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Far away there is a crying of voices.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET.
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET.
unhurried and relaxed
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
the middle part of September
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The reapers are once more in the fields.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET.
on one occasion
From this reading The reapers are once more in the fields.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The reapers are once more in the fields.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Craig Ronald lies bright in a dreaming day in mid-September.
a large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women
From this reading THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST OF THE LILAC SUNBONNET.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Far away there is a crying of voices.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Far away there is a crying of voices.
a Caucasian
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The corn-fields by the bridge are white with a bloomy and mellow whiteness.
Chapter 40 of The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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