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Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 39 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Being Correspondence

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_Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 39 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

_Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

Line 2

MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

Line 3

About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

Line 4

If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

Line 5

’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

Learner Dictionary

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Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.”

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18

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From this reading _Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

1894

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From this reading _Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

a

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

About

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

account

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

Amateur

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

are

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

as

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

been

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

but

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

by

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

Edinburgh

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

edition

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

Emigrant

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

entirely

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

first

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

for

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

give

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

go

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

goes

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

great

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

has

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

I

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

If

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

in

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

it

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

like

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

mail

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

make

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

May

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From this reading _Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

Miscellanies

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

more

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

not

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

on

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

own

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

permission

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

presume

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

proposals

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

proposed

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

shall

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

since

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

slash

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

slashed

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

some

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From this reading If you like to slash some more on your own account, I give you permission.

th

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From this reading _Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

the

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

this

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

Tis

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

two

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

up

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

Vailima

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From this reading _Vailima_, _May_ 18_th_, 1894.

vain

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

volumes

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

well

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

work

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

written

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From this reading ’Tis not a great work; but since it goes to make up the two first volumes as proposed, I presume it has not been written in vain.—_Miscellanies_.

you

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From this reading About the _Amateur Emigrant_, it shall go to you by this mail well slashed.

Your

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Your proposals for the Edinburgh edition are entirely to my mind.

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