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The Warden

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

Such was not the case with Dr Grantly.

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LEARNER DICTIONARY

Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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The Warden Anthony Trollope

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Chapter V

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Warden is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law. As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear. That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt. Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience. Such was not the case with Dr Grantly.

The Warden

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Warden is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

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As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

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That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

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Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

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Such was not the case with Dr Grantly.

Learner Dictionary

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Warden noun US /ˈwɔːr.dən/

The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.

From this reading “DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.”

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a

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

and

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

archdeacon

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

arrange

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

As

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

battle

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

breast

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

but

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

can

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

case

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From this reading Such was not the case with Dr Grantly.

cause

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

cock

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

comb

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

combat

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

coming

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

confident

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

conscience

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

courage

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

did

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

disturbed

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

doubt

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

doubting

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

DR

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

erects

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

fear

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

feathers

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

fight

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

for

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

fully

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

good

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

GRANTLY

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

he

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

hesitation

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

his

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

HOSPITAL

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

indomitable

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

justice

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

let

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

man

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

Many

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

misgiving

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

no

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

nobler

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

not

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From this reading Such was not the case with Dr Grantly.

of

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

one

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

our

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

perplexed

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

poor

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

preparing

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

rest

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

shakes

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

sharpens

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

so

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

son-in-law

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

spurs

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

such

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

That

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

THE

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

Though

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

VISITS

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

war

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

wardennounUS /ˈwɔːr.dən/

The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.

From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

was

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From this reading That he was fully confident of the justice of his cause let no one doubt.

weakness

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From this reading DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL Though doubt and hesitation disturbed the rest of our poor warden, no such weakness perplexed the nobler breast of his son-in-law.

weapons

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

with

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From this reading Many a man can fight his battle with good courage, but with a doubting conscience.

without

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From this reading As the indomitable cock preparing for the combat sharpens his spurs, shakes his feathers, and erects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weapons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear.

Chapter 5 of The Warden by Anthony Trollope holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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.

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