Chapter 9 of The Man from Jericho is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Man from Jericho is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
John slept very poorly that night. The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake. Marston was going to Jericho the next morning! What would he bring back? What would he have to tell upon his return?
Chapter 9 of The Man from Jericho is here in full — 344 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “What would he bring back?”
a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
From this reading “Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “John slept very poorly that night.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.”
(“ill” is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
From this reading “John slept very poorly that night.”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “What would he have to tell upon his return?”
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “John slept very poorly that night.”
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In this reading “Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!”
bring back to the point of departure
In this reading “What would he bring back?”
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not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading What would he bring back?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading What would he bring back?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
the act of departing
From this reading Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What would he have to tell upon his return?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What would he bring back?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What would he have to tell upon his return?
a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
From this reading Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John slept very poorly that night.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!
information about recent and important events
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Marston was going to Jericho the next morning!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading John slept very poorly that night.
(“ill” is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
From this reading John slept very poorly that night.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading What would he have to tell upon his return?
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading John slept very poorly that night.
express in words
From this reading What would he have to tell upon his return?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading John slept very poorly that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading What would he have to tell upon his return?
precisely as stated
From this reading John slept very poorly that night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would he bring back?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The news which Dan Travers had given him was enough to keep him awake.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would he bring back?
Chapter 9 of The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey holds 344 sentences, grouped into 69 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 9 holds 344 sentences of The Man from Jericho, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 344 sentences, grouped into 69 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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