Chapter 16 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FITZ. On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield. HUB. She now is where she never will return. FITZ.
Chapter 16 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
a state at a particular time
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
From this reading “HUB.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
be the cause or source of
From this reading “On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.”
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anew
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
a state at a particular time
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
apart from; not including
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FITZ.
the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
From this reading HUB.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She now is where she never will return.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She now is where she never will return.
not any; not one
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She now is where she never will return.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading She now is where she never will return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
except for; apart from
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She now is where she never will return.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
in or at the place that
From this reading She now is where she never will return.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
be the cause or source of
From this reading On no condition will I save my life, Except Matilda be return'd again, Unblemish'd, unabus'd; and then I yield.
Chapter 16 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 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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