Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOR. My lord, set free. ELE. O, is he so? Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.”
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
From this reading “Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “My lord, set free.”
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading “Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “My lord, set free.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “My lord, set free.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.”
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELE.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading My lord, set free.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading O, is he so?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOR.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O, is he so?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading My lord, set free.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My lord, set free.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O, is he so?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading My lord, set free.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading O, is he so?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
in or at the place that
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Come hither, Balthazar: Lord Christofero here would ask of thee Where Prince Philippo is.
Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 389 sentences, grouped into 78 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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