Chapter 1 of The Rainbow, After the Thunder-Storm is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Rainbow, After the Thunder-Storm is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See http://www. A LADY. T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London. THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM. JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
Chapter 1 of The Rainbow, After the Thunder-Storm is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the most part
From this reading “JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.”
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.”
the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament
From this reading “T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “See http://www.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.”
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.”
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading “THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM.”
past form of “reside” — make one's home in a particular place or community
From this reading “JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LADY.
later than; following
From this reading THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
for the most part
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading See http://www.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading A LADY.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM.
past form of “reside” — make one's home in a particular place or community
From this reading JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See http://www.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM.
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
From this reading See http://www.
Chapter 1 of The Rainbow, After the Thunder-Storm by Anonymous holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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 162 sentences of The Rainbow, After the Thunder-Storm, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Rainbow, After the Thunder-Storm by Anonymous exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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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