Chapter 9 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor is here in full — 357 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor is here in full — 357 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AND AGAIN. Anthony went home to Hall. He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride. They hung in his girdle. His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.
Chapter 9 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor is here in full — 357 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “Anthony went home to Hall.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.”
an encircling or ringlike structure
From this reading “They hung in his girdle.”
plural of “glove” — the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
From this reading “He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.”
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading “He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.”
plural of “marigold” — any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
From this reading “His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.”
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading “His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.”
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.
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return home
In this reading “Anthony went home to Hall.”
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.
anew
From this reading AND AGAIN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND AGAIN.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading Anthony went home to Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.
an encircling or ringlike structure
From this reading They hung in his girdle.
plural of “glove” — the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Anthony went home to Hall.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They hung in his girdle.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Anthony went home to Hall.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading They hung in his girdle.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They hung in his girdle.
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
plural of “marigold” — any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
From this reading His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They hung in his girdle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Anthony went home to Hall.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Anthony went home to Hall.
in the company of; together with
From this reading His hat was gay with marsh marigolds.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He was on foot--if he must go to Kilworthy and return the gloves to Julian Crymes, he would ride.
Chapter 9 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 357 sentences, grouped into 72 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 9 holds 357 sentences of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 357 sentences, grouped into 72 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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