Chapter 34 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Feb._ 1894. DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed. We have been much exercised. No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace. The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Chapter 34 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading _Feb._ 1894.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading We have been much exercised.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
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From this reading We have been much exercised.
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From this reading _Feb._ 1894.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been much exercised.
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From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
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From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been much exercised.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The mail was very late this time; hence the paltryness of this note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We have been much exercised.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one can prophesy here, of course, and the balance still hangs trembling, but I _think_ it will go for peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEAR COLVIN,—By a reaction, when your letter is a little decent, mine is to be naked and unashamed.
Chapter 34 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 28 sentences, grouped into 6 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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