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Chapter 1 of The Senator's Favorite is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A weekly publication devoted to good literature. By subscription, $5 per year. Mar. 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office. _No!
Chapter 1 of The Senator's Favorite is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading “A weekly publication devoted to good literature.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.”
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading “A weekly publication devoted to good literature.”
make imperfect
From this reading “Mar.”
for each
From this reading “By subscription, $5 per year.”
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
From this reading “A weekly publication devoted to good literature.”
a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
From this reading “By subscription, $5 per year.”
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading “A weekly publication devoted to good literature.”
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by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)
In this reading “By subscription, $5 per year.”
In this reading “By subscription, $5 per year.”
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From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By subscription, $5 per year.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By subscription, $5 per year.
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
make imperfect
From this reading Mar.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
not any; not one
From this reading _No!
for each
From this reading By subscription, $5 per year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
of inferior status or quality
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
From this reading By subscription, $5 per year.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading 29, 1897 Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading By subscription, $5 per year.
Chapter 1 of The Senator's Favorite by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 133 sentences of The Senator's Favorite, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Senator's Favorite by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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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