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Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Who's this? the Pilgrim.
How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.
Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.
Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!
Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
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The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Who's this? the Pilgrim.
Line 2
How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.
Line 3
Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.
Line 4
Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!
Line 5
Must here be the beginning of my bliss?

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a

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

all's

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

and

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

another

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

are

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

aught

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

away

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

be

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

become

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

beginning

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From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?

bird

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

bliss

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From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?

came

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

Christian

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

come

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

could

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

did

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

ease

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

far

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

feathers

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

fine

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

for

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

gave

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

grief

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

he's

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

here

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From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?

hither

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

How

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

I

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

in

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

is

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

joy

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

laden

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

leaps

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

make

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

man

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

Must

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From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?

my

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

new

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

Nor

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

of

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From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?

Old

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

on

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

past

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

Pilgrim

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From this reading "Who's this? the Pilgrim.

place

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

sin

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

singing

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

Strange

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

that

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

the

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From this reading "Who's this? the Pilgrim.

Then

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

They

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

things

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

this

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From this reading "Who's this? the Pilgrim.

three

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

Thus

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

Till

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

tis

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

true

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

upon

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

very

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From this reading How! 'tis very true, Old things are past away, all's become new.

was

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

went

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

What

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

Who's

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From this reading "Who's this? the Pilgrim.

with

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From this reading Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing-- "Thus far I did come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is this!

word

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From this reading Strange! he's another man, upon my word, They be fine feathers that make a fine bird.

Chapter 5 of The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to by John Bunyan holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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.

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Chapter 5 holds 159 sentences of The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

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