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Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates

Chapter I

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BEYOND THE GATES.
AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.
_Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.
1884.
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Beyond the Gates

Chapter I

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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BEYOND THE GATES.
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AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.
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_Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.
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The Riverside Press, Cambridge.
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1884.

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BEYOND preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “BEYOND THE GATES.”

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11

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

1884

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From this reading 1884.

AJAR

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

AUTHOR

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.

AVIS

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.

BEYONDprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading BEYOND THE GATES.

BOSTON

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

Cambridge

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From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

COMPANY

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

East

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

ETC

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.

GATES

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From this reading BEYOND THE GATES.

HOUGHTON

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

MIFFLIN

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

New

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

Nineteenth

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.

Press

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From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

Riverside

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From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

Seventeenth

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

STORY

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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE GATES AJAR,” “THE STORY OF AVIS,” ETC., ETC.

Street

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading BEYOND THE GATES.

Thousand

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.

York

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From this reading _Nineteenth Thousand._ BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street.