Chapter 1 of The Pennyles Pilgrimage is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Pennyles Pilgrimage is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
1. Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original. These have been made consistent with modern convention. 2. Apostrophes, where missing in the original, have been added.
Chapter 1 of The Pennyles Pilgrimage is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “apostrophe” — address to an absent or imaginary person
From this reading “Apostrophes, where missing in the original, have been added.”
(sometimes followed by “with”) in agreement or consistent or reliable
From this reading “These have been made consistent with modern convention.”
a large formal assembly
From this reading “These have been made consistent with modern convention.”
not able to be found
From this reading “Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.”
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.”
plural of “parenthesis” — either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
From this reading “Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.”
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading “Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.”
plural of “quote” — a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
From this reading “Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.”
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From this reading 1.
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From this reading 2.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Apostrophes, where missing in the original, have been added.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
plural of “apostrophe” — address to an absent or imaginary person
From this reading Apostrophes, where missing in the original, have been added.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
(sometimes followed by “with”) in agreement or consistent or reliable
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
a large formal assembly
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
not able to be found
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
plural of “parenthesis” — either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
plural of “quote” — a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
in or at the place that
From this reading Apostrophes, where missing in the original, have been added.
in the company of; together with
From this reading These have been made consistent with modern convention.
Chapter 1 of The Pennyles Pilgrimage by John Taylor holds 330 sentences, grouped into 66 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 330 sentences of The Pennyles Pilgrimage, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Pennyles Pilgrimage by John Taylor exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 330 sentences, grouped into 66 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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