Chapter 1 of The Secret Way is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Secret Way is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Set up and printed. Published September, 1921. Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A. “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought.... Such life is different from any yet imagined....
Chapter 1 of The Secret Way is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
From this reading ““A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....”
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading ““A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....”
past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading “Such life is different from any yet imagined....”
United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
From this reading “Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.”
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading “Set up and printed.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “Published September, 1921.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “Published September, 1921.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....”
set up or found
In this reading “Set up and printed.”
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From this reading Published September, 1921.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Set up and printed.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
and nothing more
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Set up and printed.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Published September, 1921.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Published September, 1921.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Set up and printed.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought....
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Set up and printed.
but in spite of that
From this reading Such life is different from any yet imagined....
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
Chapter 1 of The Secret Way by Zona Gale holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 264 sentences of The Secret Way, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Secret Way by Zona Gale exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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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