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Wieland

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Wieland is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Charles Brockden Brown • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The shock which this disastrous occurrence occasioned to my mother, was the foundation of a disease which carried her, in a few months, to the grave.

My brother and myself were children at this time, and were now reduced to the condition of orphans.

The property which our parents left was by no means inconsiderable.

It was entrusted to faithful hands, till we should arrive at a suitable age.

Meanwhile, our education was assigned to a maiden aunt who resided in the city, and whose tenderness made us in a short time cease to regret that we had lost a mother.

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Chapter III Reading 1/24

Wieland Charles Brockden Brown

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Chapter III

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Wieland is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

The shock which this disastrous occurrence occasioned to my mother, was the foundation of a disease which carried her, in a few months, to the grave. My brother and myself were children at this time, and were now reduced to the condition of orphans. The property which our parents left was by no means inconsiderable. It was entrusted to faithful hands, till we should arrive at a suitable age. Meanwhile, our education was assigned to a maiden aunt who resided in the city, and whose tenderness made us in a short time cease to regret that we had lost a mother.

Wieland

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Wieland is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The shock which this disastrous occurrence occasioned to my mother, was the foundation of a disease which carried her, in a few months, to the grave.

Line 2

My brother and myself were children at this time, and were now reduced to the condition of orphans.

Line 3

The property which our parents left was by no means inconsiderable.

Line 4

It was entrusted to faithful hands, till we should arrive at a suitable age.

Line 5

Meanwhile, our education was assigned to a maiden aunt who resided in the city, and whose tenderness made us in a short time cease to regret that we had lost a mother.

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age

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and

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arrive

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assigned

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at

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aunt

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brother

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by

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carried

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cease

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children

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city

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condition

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disastrous

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disease

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education

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entrusted

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faithful

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few

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foundation

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grave

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had

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hands

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her

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in

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inconsiderable

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It

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left

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lost

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made

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maiden

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means

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Meanwhile

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months

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mother

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my

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myself

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no

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now

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occasioned

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occurrence

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of

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orphans

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our

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parents

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property

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reduced

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regret

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resided

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shock

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short

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should

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suitable

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tenderness

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that

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The

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this

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till

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time

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to

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us

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was

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we

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were

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From this reading My brother and myself were children at this time, and were now reduced to the condition of orphans.

which

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who

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whose

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From this reading Meanwhile, our education was assigned to a maiden aunt who resided in the city, and whose tenderness made us in a short time cease to regret that we had lost a mother.

Chapter 3 of Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 3 holds 123 sentences of Wieland, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

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