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Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Wieland is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Charles Brockden Brown • Curated US English Learning Edition

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As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

No appearance could be less explicable.

A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

Could I proceed until this was explained?

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Chapter XVI Reading 1/31

Wieland

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Wieland is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

Line 2

No appearance could be less explicable.

Line 3

A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

Line 4

What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

Line 5

Could I proceed until this was explained?

All words in this reading · 52

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a

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

adopt

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

and

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

appearance

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From this reading No appearance could be less explicable.

arrived

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

As

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

attention

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

be

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From this reading No appearance could be less explicable.

believed

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

but

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

by

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

Carwin

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

chamber

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

conduct

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

could

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From this reading No appearance could be less explicable.

excited

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

expected

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

explained

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From this reading Could I proceed until this was explained?

explicable

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From this reading No appearance could be less explicable.

from

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

front

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

had

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

he

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

him

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

himself

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

house

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

I

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

in

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

influence

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

less

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From this reading No appearance could be less explicable.

light

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

meeting

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

motive

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

my

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

No

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From this reading No appearance could be less explicable.

not

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

of

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

own

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

pre-occupied

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

proceed

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From this reading Could I proceed until this was explained?

sight

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

soon

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

supplied

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

that

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

the

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

this

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

to

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

until

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From this reading Could I proceed until this was explained?

was

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

What

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From this reading What motive could influence him to adopt this conduct?

window

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From this reading As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber.

with

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From this reading A meeting was expected with Carwin, but that he pre-occupied my chamber, and had supplied himself with light, was not to be believed.

Chapter 16 of Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown holds 158 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.

What does chapter 16 of Wieland contain?

Chapter 16 holds 158 sentences of Wieland, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

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Little: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Wieland; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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