Chapter 1 of The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See http://www. With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean." --DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
Chapter 1 of The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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conspicuously new
From this reading “It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.”
plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “See http://www.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."”
the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
From this reading “With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."”
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading “With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."”
(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
From this reading “SAMUEL JOHNSON.”
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."”
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a prolonged period of time
In this reading “It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.”
make understandable and clear
In this reading “It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.”
In this reading “With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."”
In this reading “It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.”
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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 It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
in the past
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
conspicuously new
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
a period of 100 years
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
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From this reading --DR.
plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
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From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading See http://www.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading SAMUEL JOHNSON.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
From this reading SAMUEL JOHNSON.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See http://www.
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a long time ago--far back in another century--that my father brought home from the village, one evening, a brand-new book.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs "The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
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 Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
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