Chapter 9 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mild_. Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce. _Sarl_. Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause. _Godf_.
Chapter 9 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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push for something
From this reading “Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.”
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.”
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading “Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.”
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
not one, and not any
From this reading “Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.”
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push for something
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Godf_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
and nothing more
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
From this reading _Mild_.
not one, and not any
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Sarl_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Keepe him prisoner, And sett mee free to finde some advocate To pleade in his just cause.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Iff heare I can have none, lett me depart To seake elcewhere for justyce.
Chapter 9 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 388 sentences, grouped into 78 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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