Chapter 12 of The Mimic Stage is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Mimic Stage is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Jenny._ Where is the patient? Stop! don’t speak! The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering. I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave. _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
Chapter 12 of The Mimic Stage is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
mark as different
From this reading “The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.”
death of a person
From this reading “I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “_Jenny._ Where is the patient?”
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading “The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.”
unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
From this reading “I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.”
a region marking a boundary
From this reading “I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.”
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 “I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.”
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.
dearly loved
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
mark as different
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stop! don’t speak!
the organ of sight
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
death of a person
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Jenny._ Where is the patient?
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading _Jenny._ Where is the patient?
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading _Jenny._ Where is the patient?
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
express in speech
From this reading Stop! don’t speak!
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Stop! don’t speak!
a state of acute pain
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
express in words
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Jenny._ Where is the patient?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The eye of science is quick to distinguish suffering.
unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
a region marking a boundary
From this reading I see her!--that form tottering on the verge of the grave.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
in or at the place that
From this reading _Jenny._ Where is the patient?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Mrs. L._ Oh, dear! what did I tell you!
Chapter 12 of The Mimic Stage by George M. (George Melville) Baker holds 406 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.
Chapter 12 holds 406 sentences of The Mimic Stage, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Mimic Stage by George M. (George Melville) Baker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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