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The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.
"God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.
About noon he set sail again.
The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.
The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.
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The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.
Line 2
"God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.
Line 3
About noon he set sail again.
Line 4
The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.
Line 5
The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

All words in this reading · 61

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a

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

About

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From this reading About noon he set sail again.

again

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From this reading About noon he set sail again.

all

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

and

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

arm-weary

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

as

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

ashore

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

bade

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

being

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

beside

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

breeze

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

but

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

carried

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

cold

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

curse

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

Danger

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

fill

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

four

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

from

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

get

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

God's

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

he

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

Hellenes

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

him

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

in

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

into

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

it

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

lay

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

leg-weary

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

light

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

like

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

logs

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

men

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

noon

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From this reading About noon he set sail again.

north-east

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

of

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

on

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

past

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

Pelion

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

said

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

sail

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From this reading About noon he set sail again.

sat

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

set

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From this reading About noon he set sail again.

slaves

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

soaked

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

spring

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

stern

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

still

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

swiftly

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

the

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

thicket

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

thwarts

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From this reading The four slaves, still leg-weary and arm-weary, lay like logs beside the thwarts.

turned

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

up

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

wall

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

water

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From this reading "God's curse on all Hellenes," he said, as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket.

water-skins

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From this reading Danger being past, he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins.

westward

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

which

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

wind

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From this reading The wind sat in the north-east, but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward.

Chapter 8 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan holds 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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.

What does chapter 8 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies contain?

Chapter 8 holds 194 sentences of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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.

How do I study chapter 8 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies?

Work through the 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 39 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #715, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Vocabulary met early in The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Pentlands
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Looking
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North
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South
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