Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOOR. If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd! What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me. LYS. Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!”
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.”
comparative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!”
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading “MOOR.”
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading “What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.”
take hold of; grab
From this reading “What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.”
plural of “torture” — extreme mental distress
From this reading “What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.”
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
From this reading “What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.”
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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 If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
anew
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
opinion or judgment
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
comparative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LYS.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading If e'er I did expect a happier death, May I die loath'd!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading MOOR.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
take hold of; grab
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
in or at that place or location
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
plural of “torture” — extreme mental distress
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
in or at the place that
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
but in spite of that
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Eyes, are you dry, where such an object calls [All] your tears forth!
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
From this reading What funeral pomp Can there be greater than for me to hear, Whilst I yet live, my dying obsequies With so much zeal pronounc'd by him I love?---- Tortures again do seize me.
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