Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Enter_ DISSIMULATION. Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you. Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call? DISSIMULATION. Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?”
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading “Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?”
to come or go into
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading “Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.”
take in marriage
From this reading “Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
the act of deceiving
From this reading [_Enter_ DISSIMULATION.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
to come or go into
From this reading [_Enter_ DISSIMULATION.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
take in marriage
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Pray you, do you not know a shentleman dat Master Davy do call?
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
express in speech
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, marry, do I: I am he, and what would you withal?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Shentleman, I pray you heartily, let me speak you.
Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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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