Chapter 12 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Grip_. Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes. _Ashb_. On what condition? _Grip_.
Chapter 12 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state at a particular time
From this reading “On what condition?”
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading “Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.”
the act of grasping
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ashb_.
a state at a particular time
From this reading On what condition?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
the act of grasping
From this reading _Grip_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On what condition?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading On what condition?
Chapter 12 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 390 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.
Chapter 12 holds 390 sentences of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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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