Chapter 1 of The orphan nieces is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The orphan nieces is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. Duty and Inclination. AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC. NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR. 9th ST.
Chapter 1 of The orphan nieces is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading “NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.”
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading “New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.”
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
From this reading “Duty and Inclination.”
enclosed in the same envelope or package
From this reading “New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.”
35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.”
forward in time or order or degree
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.”
directed up
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.”
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.
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 9th ST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Duty and Inclination.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Duty and Inclination.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
From this reading Duty and Inclination.
enclosed in the same envelope or package
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
forward in time or order or degree
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 9th ST.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
directed up
From this reading AUTHOR OF "UPWARD AND ONWARD," "IRISH AMY," "SOPHIE KENNEDY," "COMFORT ALLISON," ETC.
in the company of; together with
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
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 NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 770 BROADWAY, COR.
Chapter 1 of The orphan nieces by Lucy Ellen Guernsey holds 407 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 1 holds 407 sentences of The orphan nieces, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The orphan nieces by Lucy Ellen Guernsey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 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 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.
Common questions about reading The orphan nieces by Lucy Ellen Guernsey on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The orphan nieces section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The orphan nieces to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The orphan nieces, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
