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Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

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I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.
Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.
After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.
Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.
He was now in an evil hour arrived.
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Wieland

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Wieland is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.
Line 2
Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.
Line 3
After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.
Line 4
Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.
Line 5
He was now in an evil hour arrived.

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a

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

After

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

age

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

an

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

and

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

arrival

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

arrived

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From this reading He was now in an evil hour arrived.

been

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

British

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

brother

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

by

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

Cambridge

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

children

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

conclusion

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

connection

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

country

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

during

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

Europe

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

evil

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From this reading He was now in an evil hour arrived.

forces

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

formed

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

Germany

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

given

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

had

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

he

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

him

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

his

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

hopes

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

hour

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From this reading He was now in an evil hour arrived.

I

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

imperfectly

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

in

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

informed

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

Intercourse

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

into

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

Ireland

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

Irish

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

its

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

late

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

letters

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

made

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

maintained

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

mother's

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

my

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

native

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

now

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From this reading He was now in an evil hour arrived.

of

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

officer

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

old

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

our

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

pass

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

punctually

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

recovered

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

retire

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

return

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

shortly

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

since

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

sister's

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

society

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

some

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

strength

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

surgeon

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

Ten

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

that

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

the

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

Thomas

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

to

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

war

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

was

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

went

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

were

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

when

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From this reading I had imperfectly recovered my strength, when I was informed of the arrival of my mother's brother, Thomas Cambridge.

whole

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

with

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From this reading After its conclusion, some connection that he had formed with an Irish officer, made him retire into Ireland.

would

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From this reading Intercourse had been punctually maintained by letters with his sister's children, and hopes were given that he would shortly return to his native country, and pass his old age in our society.

years

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From this reading Ten years since, he went to Europe, and was a surgeon in the British forces in Germany, during the whole of the late war.

Chapter 18 of Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown holds 99 sentences, grouped into 20 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 18 of Wieland contain?

Chapter 18 holds 99 sentences of Wieland, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 99 sentences, grouped into 20 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 18 of Wieland?

Work through the 20 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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How long does Wieland take to read?

About 427 minutes of reading across 1026 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Wieland

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Little
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Reluctance
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Complying
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Request
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