Chapter 1 of The Tahquitch Maiden is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Tahquitch Maiden is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See https:// “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten. But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.” Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range. Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
Chapter 1 of The Tahquitch Maiden is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.”
a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
From this reading “Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.”
lasting a long time
From this reading “But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.””
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.”
plural of “peak” — the most extreme possible amount or value
From this reading “Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.”
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
From this reading “Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.”
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
From this reading ““The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.”
continue to live and avoid dying
In this reading “But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
lasting a long time
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
at any time
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See https://
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
plural of “peak” — the most extreme possible amount or value
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See https://
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
From this reading Its contour is peculiar, and on its summit is a huge rock known as Tahquitch Rock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrated PREFACE Tahquitch Mountain is one of the peaks of the celebrated San Jacinto range.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
From this reading “The Tribe of My People I Have Seen Die, and Their Name Has Been Forgotten.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading But I Live on & Shall Ever Live, Blessed with Enduring Youth and Happiness.”
Chapter 1 of The Tahquitch Maiden by Phebe Estelle Spalding holds 288 sentences, grouped into 58 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 288 sentences of The Tahquitch Maiden, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Tahquitch Maiden by Phebe Estelle Spalding exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 288 sentences, grouped into 58 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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