Chapter 28 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.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 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.
RICH. You were not wont. Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side. ROB. Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
Chapter 28 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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characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.”
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading “Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “RICH.”
possessive form of “richards” — English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
From this reading “Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “ROB.”
an established custom
From this reading “You were not wont.”
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 with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You were not wont.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
possessing material wealth
From this reading RICH.
possessive form of “richards” — English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading ROB.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
not in physical motion
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You were not wont.
an established custom
From this reading You were not wont.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Pardon, gracious prince; I knew ye not.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You were not wont.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Young Huntington; [be] still on Richard's side.
Chapter 28 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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