Chapter 27 of Torrey's Narrative is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of Torrey's Narrative is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Speak several vessels. Massacre at Keppell's Island. Touch at the Duke of York's Island. Find a tomb. Electrical eel.
Chapter 27 of Torrey's Narrative is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “Touch at the Duke of York's Island.”
the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
From this reading “Electrical eel.”
relating to or concerned with electricity
From this reading “Electrical eel.”
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
From this reading “Massacre at Keppell's Island.”
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading “Find a tomb.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “Touch at the Duke of York's Island.”
plural of “vessel” — a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “Speak several vessels.”
possessive form of “york” — the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Touch at the Duke of York's Island.”
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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 Find a tomb.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Massacre at Keppell's Island.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Touch at the Duke of York's Island.
the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
From this reading Electrical eel.
relating to or concerned with electricity
From this reading Electrical eel.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Find a tomb.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Massacre at Keppell's Island.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Massacre at Keppell's Island.
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
From this reading Massacre at Keppell's Island.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Touch at the Duke of York's Island.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Speak several vessels.
express in speech
From this reading Speak several vessels.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Touch at the Duke of York's Island.
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading Find a tomb.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Touch at the Duke of York's Island.
plural of “vessel” — a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading Speak several vessels.
possessive form of “york” — the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Touch at the Duke of York's Island.
Chapter 27 of Torrey's Narrative by William Torrey holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 27 holds 212 sentences of Torrey's Narrative, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Torrey's Narrative by William Torrey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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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