Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALL. How's this! PHIL. Dare sons presume to break their father's will? KING.
Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 372 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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terminate
From this reading “Dare sons presume to break their father's will?”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Dare sons presume to break their father's will?”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Dare sons presume to break their father's will?”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “KING.”
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading “Dare sons presume to break their father's will?”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading “Dare sons presume to break their father's will?”
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(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 ALL.
terminate
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How's this!
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading KING.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHIL.
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How's this!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Dare sons presume to break their father's will?
Chapter 7 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 372 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.
Chapter 7 holds 372 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
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