Chapter 11 of The Paliser Case is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Paliser Case is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Will you take my daughter out?" Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued. "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark. "You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon. Has no little bird told you?
Chapter 11 of The Paliser Case is here in full — 408 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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English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
From this reading “Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Has no little bird told you?”
past form of “congratulate” — say something to someone that expresses praise
From this reading “"You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon.”
without stop or interruption
From this reading “Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “"Will you take my daughter out?"”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “"Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.”
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading “"Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.”
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In this reading “Has no little bird told you?”
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English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
From this reading Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Has no little bird told you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon.
past form of “congratulate” — say something to someone that expresses praise
From this reading "You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon.
without stop or interruption
From this reading Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.
a female human offspring
From this reading "Will you take my daughter out?"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has no little bird told you?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Has no little bird told you?
a form of address for a man
From this reading "You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Will you take my daughter out?"
not any; not one
From this reading Has no little bird told you?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You have not congratulated Mr. Cantillon.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Will you take my daughter out?"
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.
carry out
From this reading "Will you take my daughter out?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh!" she interrupted herself to remark.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Has no little bird told you?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you take my daughter out?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Austen, with that smile, continued.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will you take my daughter out?"
Chapter 11 of The Paliser Case by Edgar Saltus holds 408 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 11 holds 408 sentences of The Paliser Case, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Paliser Case by Edgar Saltus exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 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.
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