Chapter 9 of The Lost Continent is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Lost Continent is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Victory! She was here, a slave to these black conquerors. Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth. Could I even accomplish aught by this means? I did not know.
Chapter 9 of The Lost Continent is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put in effect
From this reading “Could I even accomplish aught by this means?”
a quantity of no importance
From this reading “Could I even accomplish aught by this means?”
plural of “conqueror” — someone who is victorious by force of arms
From this reading “She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.”
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading “Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.”
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.”
avoiding detection by moving carefully
From this reading “Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “Victory!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
put in effect
From this reading Could I even accomplish aught by this means?
a quantity of no importance
From this reading Could I even accomplish aught by this means?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
plural of “conqueror” — someone who is victorious by force of arms
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not know.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
divisible by two
From this reading Could I even accomplish aught by this means?
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I did not know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Could I even accomplish aught by this means?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not know.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
on one occasion
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
avoiding detection by moving carefully
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Could I even accomplish aught by this means?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
in the direction of
From this reading Once more I started toward her, but better judgment held me back—I could do nothing to help her other than by stealth.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading Victory!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was here, a slave to these black conquerors.
Chapter 9 of The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Chapter 9 holds 209 sentences of The Lost Continent, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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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