Chapter 29 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GLO. And have no justice, where contempt is king. HEN. Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words. JOHN.
Chapter 29 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
From this reading “And have no justice, where contempt is king.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.”
adult female chicken
From this reading “HEN.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “JOHN.”
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading “And have no justice, where contempt is king.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.”
an insane person
From this reading “Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GLO.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
adult female chicken
From this reading HEN.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN.
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
an insane person
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
not any; not one
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
in or at the place that
From this reading And have no justice, where contempt is king.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Madman, I give no ear to thy loose words.
Chapter 29 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 366 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.
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