Chapter 1 of The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827. EDITED BY REV. AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK. POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
Chapter 1 of The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
From this reading “AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK.”
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading “POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.”
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading “POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec.”
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
From this reading “AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK.”
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading “EDITED BY REV.”
the charge for mailing something
From this reading “POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.”
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading “EDITED BY REV.”
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From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
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From this reading 1827.
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From this reading Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec.
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From this reading Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
From this reading AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading EDITED BY REV.
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec.
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
From this reading AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading EDITED BY REV.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK.
not any; not one
From this reading Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
above and across; more than
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
the charge for mailing something
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading EDITED BY REV.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK.
Chapter 1 of The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 by Austin [Editor] Dickinson holds 536 sentences, grouped into 108 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 1 holds 536 sentences of The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827, unabridged, divided into 108 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 by Austin [Editor] Dickinson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 536 sentences, grouped into 108 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 108 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 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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