Chapter 14 of The Mountains is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Mountains is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I do not know how many stages there were. We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey. The road was too smooth. There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid. We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Chapter 14 of The Mountains is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
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From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The road was too smooth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The road was too smooth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no obstructions to surmount; no dangers to avert; no difficulties to avoid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The road was too smooth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could not get into trouble, but proceeded as on a county turnpike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The road was too smooth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We turned our pack-horses out for them all, dashing back and forth along the line, coercing the diabolical Dinkey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do not know how many stages there were.
Chapter 14 of The Mountains by Stewart Edward White holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 14 holds 180 sentences of The Mountains, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Mountains by Stewart Edward White exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 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 14 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 252 minutes of reading across 606 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Mountains, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
