Chapter 1 of The Prairie Wife is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Prairie Wife is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM! Splash!... That's me, Matilda Anne! That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love! And oh, Matilda Anne, Matilda Anne, I've _got_ to talk to you!
Chapter 1 of The Prairie Wife is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “That's me, Matilda Anne!”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!”
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!”
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
From this reading “That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!”
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading “That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!”
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
From this reading “Splash!...”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading That's me, Matilda Anne!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
an ornamental facade
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And oh, Matilda Anne, Matilda Anne, I've _got_ to talk to you!
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's me, Matilda Anne!
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That's me, Matilda Anne!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading And oh, Matilda Anne, Matilda Anne, I've _got_ to talk to you!
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
From this reading Splash!...
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading And oh, Matilda Anne, Matilda Anne, I've _got_ to talk to you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's me, Matilda Anne!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
which person or people
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Frontispiece in Color by H. T. DUNN TO VAN WHO KNOWS AND LOVES THE WEST AS WE LOVE HIM!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And oh, Matilda Anne, Matilda Anne, I've _got_ to talk to you!
Chapter 1 of The Prairie Wife by Arthur Stringer holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of The Prairie Wife, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Prairie Wife by Arthur Stringer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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About 236 minutes of reading across 568 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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