Chapter 10 of Tom Brown's School Days is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Tom Brown's School Days is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
Chapter 10 of Tom Brown's School Days is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
a false statement
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
lack of agreement or harmony
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a fact that has been verified
From this reading ““Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
a false statement
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
a particular point in time
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
on one occasion
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
lack of agreement or harmony
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
Chapter 10 of Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 10 holds 193 sentences of Tom Brown's School Days, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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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