Chapter 1 of The Wolves and the Lamb is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Wolves and the Lamb is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE. MR. HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant. GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son. CAPTAIN TOUCHIT, his Friend.
Chapter 1 of The Wolves and the Lamb is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “CAPTAIN TOUCHIT, his Friend.”
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son.”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.”
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading “HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.”
plural of “persona” — an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
From this reading “DRAMATIS PERSONAE.”
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading “HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.”
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.”
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 HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading CAPTAIN TOUCHIT, his Friend.
a young person of either sex
From this reading GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading CAPTAIN TOUCHIT, his Friend.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son.
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
plural of “persona” — an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
From this reading DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
a male human offspring
From this reading GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN TOUCHIT, his Friend.
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant.
Chapter 1 of The Wolves and the Lamb by William Makepeace Thackeray holds 256 sentences, grouped into 52 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.
Chapter 1 holds 256 sentences of The Wolves and the Lamb, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Wolves and the Lamb by William Makepeace Thackeray exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 256 sentences, grouped into 52 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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