Chapter 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 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 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
2. Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598. Not printed. 3. Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
Chapter 11 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.”
the specified day of the month
From this reading “Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.”
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
From this reading “Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.”
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading “Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.”
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading “Not printed.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.”
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading “Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.”
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From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 3.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
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From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
the specified day of the month
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
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From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
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From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
march in a procession
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not printed.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Not printed.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date in Henslowe's papers.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598.
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