Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MEN. Set up a _si quis_ for it. [_Aside_.] TAC. Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on or to one side
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.”
possessive form of “half” — one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.”
the force of workers available
From this reading “MEN.”
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
From this reading “Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Set up a _si quis_ for it.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside_.]
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
possessive form of “half” — one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
the force of workers available
From this reading MEN.
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
not one, and not any
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TAC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mercury! all's mine own; here's none to cry half's mine.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Set up a _si quis_ for it.
Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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.
Chapter 17 holds 362 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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