Chapter 2 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He is but the man of the hour, events have made him." "Not so! His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain. Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort. If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
Chapter 2 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.”
call forth
From this reading “His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.”
a race between candidates for elective office
From this reading “Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.”
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading “If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."”
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
From this reading “If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."”
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading “"He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."”
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading “Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.”
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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 If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
call forth
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
a race between candidates for elective office
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not so!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Not so!
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "He is but the man of the hour, events have made him."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading His success is in him, ’tis the breed of his own heart and brain.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If it fail, we may have a Cromwell dynasty."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, then, this Scotch campaign is the now or never of our effort.
Chapter 2 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time by Amelia E. Barr holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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