Chapter 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AMADINE. My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love. BREMO. Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love? And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
Chapter 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
From this reading “And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?”
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?”
the act of giving
From this reading “Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?”
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading “My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?”
make keen or more acute
From this reading “And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?”
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From this reading AMADINE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
From this reading And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
the act of giving
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
go away from a place
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
not any; not one
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My Bremo? no, the shepherd is my love.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Have I not saved thee from sudden death, Giving thee leave to live, that thou might'st love?
make keen or more acute
From this reading And dost thou whet me on to cruelty?
Chapter 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 372 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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