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The Son of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of The Son of Tarzan is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.
Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.
Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.
The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.
He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.
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The Son of Tarzan

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of The Son of Tarzan is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.
Line 2
Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.
Line 3
Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.
Line 4
The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.
Line 5
He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.”

All words in this reading · 62

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

almost

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

and

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

assiduously

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

at

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

be

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

but

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

by

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From this reading Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.

canoe

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

cease

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

close

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

closer

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

commenced

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

could

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

did

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

directly

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

Drawing

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

drew

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

drifting

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From this reading Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.

edge

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

felt

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

for

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

he

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

hear

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

him

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

himself

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

his

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

Hon

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

hours

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

hurt

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

imposed

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

it

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

kept

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

knees

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

labor

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

leaned

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

lion

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

Little

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From this reading Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.

Morison

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

moved

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From this reading Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.

must

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

nearer

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From this reading Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.

not

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

of

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

opposite

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

over

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

paddle

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

palm

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

rifle

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

roaring

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

self

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

shore

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From this reading Little by little the drifting canoe moved nearer and nearer the shore.

side

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From this reading He drew his rifle closer to his side; but he did not cease to paddle.

so

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

that

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From this reading The Hon. Morison could hear a lion roaring directly opposite him and so close that he felt he must be almost to the shore.

the

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

Though

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

tired

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From this reading Though it tired and hurt him he kept assiduously at his self imposed labor for hours.

to

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

vigorously

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

with

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From this reading Drawing himself to his knees he leaned over the edge of the canoe and commenced to paddle vigorously with his open palm.

Chapter 26 of The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

What does chapter 26 of The Son of Tarzan contain?

Chapter 26 holds 171 sentences of The Son of Tarzan, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 26 of The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

How do I study chapter 26 of The Son of Tarzan?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 26 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading The Son of Tarzan

Common questions about reading The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Son of Tarzan?

Yes. All 5361 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #90 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Son of Tarzan is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #90, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Son of Tarzan take to read?

About 446 minutes of reading across 1073 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Son of Tarzan

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Son of Tarzan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Marjorie
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Floating
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Broad
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ugambi
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Son of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.