Chapter 11 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Hen_. Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_. _Epi_. 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed. _Hen_.
Chapter 11 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “christian” — a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
From this reading “Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.”
(often used in combination) having a specified direction
From this reading “'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.”
to come or go into
adult female chicken
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
plural of “christian” — a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
(often used in combination) having a specified direction
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
to come or go into
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
From this reading _Epi_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
adult female chicken
From this reading _Hen_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ile try your patience _Enter Epido, two Christians and officers_.
Chapter 11 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 381 sentences, grouped into 77 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 11 holds 381 sentences of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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.
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