Chapter 17 of The Witch Hypnotizer is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of The Witch Hypnotizer is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road. What of this occult power? And what of her own? Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe? Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
Chapter 17 of The Witch Hypnotizer is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.”
a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
From this reading “Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?”
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?”
the activity of flying a glider
From this reading “She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.”
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
From this reading “Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?”
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
From this reading “Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?”
cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
From this reading “What of this occult power?”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?”
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 “What of this occult power?”
make visible
In this reading “Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And what of her own?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
From this reading Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?
past form of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
the activity of flying a glider
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And what of her own?
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
From this reading Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
From this reading What of this occult power?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What of this occult power?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
above and across; more than
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And what of her own?
possession of controlling influence
From this reading What of this occult power?
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked on the cars gliding over the electric road.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What of this occult power?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What of this occult power?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Eventually would electricity impel the entire universe?
but in spite of that
From this reading Had this always existed and was yet to be brought out by masterful minds?
Chapter 17 of The Witch Hypnotizer by Zena A. Maher holds 69 sentences, grouped into 14 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 17 holds 69 sentences of The Witch Hypnotizer, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Witch Hypnotizer by Zena A. Maher exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 69 sentences, grouped into 14 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 14 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 14 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Witch Hypnotizer by Zena A. Maher on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 786 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44748 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #44748, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 65 minutes of reading across 158 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Witch Hypnotizer section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 26 chapters of The Witch Hypnotizer to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Witch Hypnotizer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
