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The Princess and Curdie
The Princess and Curdie

Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

Chapter 35 of The Princess and Curdie is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.
And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.
So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.
But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.
Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.
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The Princess and Curdie

Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

Chapter 35 of The Princess and Curdie is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.
Line 2
And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.
Line 3
So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.
Line 4
But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.
Line 5
Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

Learner Dictionary

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.”

All words in this reading · 56

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a

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

almost

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

and

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

brought

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

But

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

came

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From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

city

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From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

court

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

Curdie

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

dominions

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

empty

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

End

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

everything

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

evil

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

exchequer

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

for

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

formed

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

found

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

gold

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From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

had

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

hands

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

hated

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

he

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

his

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

honest

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

human

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

into

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

king

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

many

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

master

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

men

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

nation

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

new

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

out

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

paid

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

returned

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

said

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From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

search

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

sent

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

So

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

squandered

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

strength

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

such

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

taxes

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

that

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

The

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

them

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

Then

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From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

to

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

true

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From this reading And many such he found, honest and true, and brought them to his master.

unwillingly

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From this reading But the exchequer was almost empty, for the evil men had squandered everything, and the king hated taxes unwillingly paid.

upon

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From this reading Then came Curdie and said to the king that the city stood upon gold.

upright

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

was

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From this reading So a new and upright court was formed, and strength returned to the nation.

women

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From this reading The End The king sent Curdie out into his dominions to search for men and women that had human hands.

Chapter 35 of The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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.

What does chapter 35 of The Princess and Curdie contain?

Chapter 35 holds 37 sentences of The Princess and Curdie, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 35 of The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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.

How do I study chapter 35 of The Princess and Curdie?

Work through the 8 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 8 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.

Can chapter 35 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 35 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.

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Common questions about reading The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Princess and Curdie?

Yes. All 2790 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #709 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #709, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Princess and Curdie take to read?

About 232 minutes of reading across 558 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Princess and Curdie

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Princess and Curdie, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Curdie
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Princess and Curdie; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Peter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Princess and Curdie; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Miner
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Princess and Curdie; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lived
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Princess and Curdie; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.