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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Spring of a Lion is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Neely's Booklet Series. No. 26, June 26, 1899. Issued weekly $5.00 a year. Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION. The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
Chapter 1 of The Spring of a Lion is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading No. 26, June 26, 1899.
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From this reading No. 26, June 26, 1899.
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From this reading Issued weekly $5.00 a year.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Issued weekly $5.00 a year.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading _Neely's Booklet Series.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Issued weekly $5.00 a year.
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From this reading No. 26, June 26, 1899.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading _Neely's Booklet Series.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
not any; not one
From this reading No. 26, June 26, 1899.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading _Neely's Booklet Series.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Issued weekly $5.00 a year.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa.
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From this reading Issued weekly $5.00 a year.
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From this reading Entered as second-class matter at New York Post Office._ THE SPRING OF A LION.
