Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Tho_. I long till I receive the audience of it. _Tim_. Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence? _Lady_.
Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading “I long till I receive the audience of it.”
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading “Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?”
informal abbreviation of “gentleman”
From this reading “Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?”
for this reason
From this reading “Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?”
get something; come into possession of
From this reading “I long till I receive the audience of it.”
a branch of the Tai languages
up to a particular time
From this reading “I long till I receive the audience of it.”
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.
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
informal abbreviation of “gentleman”
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
for this reason
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading _Lady_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading _Tho_.
up to a particular time
From this reading I long till I receive the audience of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Tim_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
grant in a condescending manner
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your ladiship will vouchsafe to meete The Gent[lemen] in your Coach some two miles hence?
Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 373 sentences, grouped into 75 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.
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