Chapter 10 of The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 10 of The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Had Lucius slept? Had he dreamed? Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses? Had a strange mystic power spread over him? Had Serapis descended upon him?
Chapter 10 of The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?”
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading “Had Serapis descended upon him?”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “Had he dreamed?”
under the influence of narcotics
From this reading “Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?”
pleasant-smelling
From this reading “Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?”
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
From this reading “Had a strange mystic power spread over him?”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?”
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “Had Lucius slept?”
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form a cover over
In this reading “Had a strange mystic power spread over him?”
In this reading “Had Serapis descended upon him?”
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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 Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading Had Serapis descended upon him?
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading Had he dreamed?
under the influence of narcotics
From this reading Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?
pleasant-smelling
From this reading Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had Lucius slept?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had he dreamed?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had Lucius slept?
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
From this reading Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
above and across; more than
From this reading Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
possession of controlling influence
From this reading Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had Serapis descended upon him?
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading Had Lucius slept?
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Had a strange mystic power spread over him?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had the fragrant cloud drugged his senses?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Had Serapis descended upon him?
Chapter 10 of The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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 10 holds 139 sentences of The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 252 minutes of reading across 606 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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