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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.
I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.
But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.
I have not joined them because belly belong me has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.
On Tuesday, the party set outself in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.
Line 2
I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.
Line 3
But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.
Line 4
I have not joined them becausebelly belong mehas been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.
Line 5
On Tuesday, the party set outself in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.”

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15

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

18th

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

20th

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

a

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

am

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

and

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

Apostle

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

are

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

at

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

August

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

Austin

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

because

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

been

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

believe

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

Belle

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

belly

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

belong

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

big

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

black

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

blue

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

boots

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

But

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

cap

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

cards

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

clothes

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

coat

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

cords

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

drops

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

Friday

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

gaiters

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

Graham

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

great

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

half

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

hand

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

has

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

hat

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

have

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

having

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

Henry

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

here

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

his

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

house

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

I

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

in

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

is

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

joined

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

just

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

khakis

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

kicking

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

kilt

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

kind

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

Lafaele

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

laudanum

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

like

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

Lloyd

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

long

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

main

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

match

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

me

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

mine

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

night

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

not

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

of

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

old

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

On

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

or

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

out

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

over

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

overseer

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

own

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

party

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

Paul

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

pigging

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

probably

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

regret

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

residence

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

rest

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

saddle-bow

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

self

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

September

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

set

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

shall

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

ship-bag

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

straw

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

suit

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

taken

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

the

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

them

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

This

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is Friday night, the (I believe) 18th or 20th August or September.

to

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

to-morrow

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

Tuesday

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

up

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From this reading I have not joined them because ‘belly belong me’ has been kicking up, and I have just taken 15 drops of laudanum.

velvet

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

where

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

white

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

with

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

workman's

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From this reading But I am alone over here in the workman’s house, where I and Belle and Lloyd and Austin are pigging; the rest are at cards in the main residence.

written

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

yellow

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From this reading On Tuesday, the party set out—self in white cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boots and a straw hat, Graham in khakis and gaiters, Henry (my old overseer) in blue coat and black kilt, and the great Lafaele with a big ship-bag on his saddle-bow.

you

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From this reading I shall probably regret to-morrow having written you with my own hand like the Apostle Paul.

Chapter 19 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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.

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Chapter 19 holds 159 sentences of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

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Mountain
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Samoa
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Monday
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November
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