Chapter 19 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COOMES. Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye. [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.] Zounds, the light is gone! NICH.
Chapter 19 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a youthful male person
From this reading “[_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “[_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Zounds, the light is gone!”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “Zounds, the light is gone!”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.”
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
during the time that
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
a youthful male person
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COOMES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
destroyed or killed
From this reading Zounds, the light is gone!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Zounds, the light is gone!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Zounds, the light is gone!
an old word for “no”
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NICH.
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
during the time that
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
in the company of; together with
From this reading [_While they fight, exeunt_ HODGE _and_ BOY _with the torch_.]
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Hang'd, ye rogue! nay, then, have at ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Zounds, the light is gone!
Chapter 19 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 367 sentences, grouped into 74 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 19 holds 367 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
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