Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Exeunt_ CHESTER _and_ QUEEN. JOHN. Soldiers, attend the person of our mother. [_Exeunt_ SOLDIERS. Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.”
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading “[_Exeunt_ CHESTER _and_ QUEEN.”
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading “Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.”
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading “Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.”
many times at short intervals
From this reading “Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.”
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.”
arousing affect
From this reading “Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Exeunt_ CHESTER _and_ QUEEN.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading [_Exeunt_ CHESTER _and_ QUEEN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
ask for or request earnestly
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt_ CHESTER _and_ QUEEN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
impressive in appearance
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
a human being
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading [_Exeunt_ CHESTER _and_ QUEEN.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Soldiers, attend the person of our mother.
arousing affect
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Noble Fitzwater, now we are alone, What oft I have desir'd I will entreat, Touching Matilda, fled with Huntington.
Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 373 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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