Chapter 29 of The story of Don Miff is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The story of Don Miff is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape. No? Then thou hast not read my last chapter. Couldst not? Ah, but thou must.
Chapter 29 of The story of Don Miff is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
From this reading “I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “Then thou hast not read my last chapter.”
an old form of “could”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Couldst not?”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Then thou hast not read my last chapter.”
a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
From this reading “I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.”
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading “I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.”
hit hard
From this reading “I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.”
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In this reading “Then thou hast not read my last chapter.”
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From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
(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 I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ah, but thou must.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
an old form of “could”, used with “thou”
From this reading Couldst not?
opinion or judgment
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
something many people believe that is false
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
immediately past
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Ah, but thou must.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
not any; not one
From this reading No?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Then thou hast not read my last chapter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
hit hard
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I picture thee to my fancy, my Ah Yung Whack, popping thine almond eyes out of all almond shape.
Chapter 29 of The story of Don Miff by Virginius Dabney holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 29 holds 163 sentences of The story of Don Miff, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The story of Don Miff by Virginius Dabney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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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