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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance
The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?
I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.
To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?
Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.
Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.
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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?
Line 2
I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.
Line 3
To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?
Line 4
Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.
Line 5
Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

Learner Dictionary

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Blood noun US /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.”

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a

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

all

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

allow

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

am

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

and

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

appropriate

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

are

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

as

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

bad

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

be

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

by

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

choice

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

confess

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

directed

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

drink

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

except

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

fancy

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

feel

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

Forgive

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From this reading Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

full

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

golden

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

gone

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

grow

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From this reading Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

have

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

Hock

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

I

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

if

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From this reading Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

inclined

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

is

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

it

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

judge

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

Liebfraumilch

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

me

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From this reading Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

my

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

nature

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

no

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

not

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

of

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

on

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

pilgrimage

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

PRANDIAL

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

pretty

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

red

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

reminiscence

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

reminiscent

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From this reading Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

sentiment

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

shall

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

so

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

STILL

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

summers

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

tears

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

that

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

the

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

their

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

therefore

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From this reading Forgive me, therefore, if I grow reminiscent.

they

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

to

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

To-night

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

very

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From this reading Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.

we

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

What

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

when

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

wine

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From this reading STILL PRANDIAL What wine shall we have?

wines

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From this reading I confess I am no judge of wines, except when they are bad.

would

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From this reading To-night I feel inclined to allow my choice to be directed by sentiment; and as we are on so pretty a pilgrimage, would it not be appropriate to drink Liebfraumilch?

Chapter 6 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne holds 14 sentences, grouped into 3 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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Vocabulary met early in The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

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House
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Bachelor
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Thirtieth
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