Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WILD. Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate. WAN. Sure, I have seen this fellow's face. Friend, have I never seen your face before?
Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 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.
possessive form of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Friend, have I never seen your face before?”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.”
a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
From this reading “Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.”
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading “WAN.”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “WILD.”
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Friend, have I never seen your face before?
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
possessive form of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Friend, have I never seen your face before?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
an opening into or through something
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
engage in
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Friend, have I never seen your face before?
a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Sure, I have seen this fellow's face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Make his mittimus to the Hole at Newgate.
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading WAN.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading WILD.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Friend, have I never seen your face before?
Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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