Chapter 16 of The Workingman's Paradise is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Workingman's Paradise is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A WOMAN'S WHIM. "Nellie!" It was a husky whisper. His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also. His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
Chapter 16 of The Workingman's Paradise is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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muscular and heavily built
From this reading “It was a husky whisper.”
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
From this reading “His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.”
past form of “sicken” — cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
From this reading “His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.”
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading “His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.”
past form of “thump” — move rhythmically
From this reading “His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.”
a sudden desire
From this reading “A WOMAN'S WHIM.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “It was a husky whisper.”
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “A WOMAN'S WHIM.”
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 A WOMAN'S WHIM.
in addition
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
muscular and heavily built
From this reading It was a husky whisper.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a husky whisper.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nellie!"
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
past form of “sicken” — cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
From this reading His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading His throat was parched, his lips dry, his mouth also.
past form of “thump” — move rhythmically
From this reading His heart thumped, thumped, thumped, so that it sickened him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a husky whisper.
a sudden desire
From this reading A WOMAN'S WHIM.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading It was a husky whisper.
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A WOMAN'S WHIM.
Chapter 16 of The Workingman's Paradise by John Miller holds 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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 16 holds 262 sentences of The Workingman's Paradise, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Workingman's Paradise by John Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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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