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Peak and Prairie: From a Colorado Sketch-Book
Peak and Prairie: From a Colorado Sketch-Book

Chapter I

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A Literary Courtship: Under the Auspices of Pike's Peak.
28th thousand.
16 deg.
$1.25 A Venetian June.
Illustrated.
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Peak and Prairie: From a Colorado Sketch-Book

Chapter I

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A Literary Courtship: Under the Auspices of Pike's Peak.
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28th thousand.
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16 deg.
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$1.25 A Venetian June.
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Illustrated.

Learner Dictionary

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Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “A Literary Courtship: Under the Auspices of Pike's Peak.”

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1.25

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From this reading $1.25 A Venetian June.

16

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From this reading 16 deg.

28th

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From this reading 28th thousand.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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Auspices

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Courtship

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deg

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From this reading 16 deg.

Illustrated

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From this reading Illustrated.

June

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From this reading $1.25 A Venetian June.

Literary

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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Peak

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Pike's

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading A Literary Courtship: Under the Auspices of Pike's Peak.

thousand

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From this reading 28th thousand.

UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

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Venetian

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From this reading $1.25 A Venetian June.