Chapter 2 of All for Love is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of All for Love is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt. OCTAVIA, Antony's Wife. CHARMION, Cleopatra's Maid. IRAS, Cleopatra's Maid. Antony's two little Daughters.
Chapter 2 of All for Love is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
From this reading “CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.”
possessive form of “cleopatra” — beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
From this reading “CHARMION, Cleopatra's Maid.”
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading “Antony's two little Daughters.”
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
From this reading “CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.”
plural of “ira” — a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
From this reading “IRAS, Cleopatra's Maid.”
a female domestic
From this reading “CHARMION, Cleopatra's Maid.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “OCTAVIA, Antony's Wife.”
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From this reading OCTAVIA, Antony's Wife.
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From this reading CHARMION, Cleopatra's Maid.
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
From this reading CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.
possessive form of “cleopatra” — beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
From this reading CHARMION, Cleopatra's Maid.
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading Antony's two little Daughters.
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
From this reading CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.
plural of “ira” — a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
From this reading IRAS, Cleopatra's Maid.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Antony's two little Daughters.
a female domestic
From this reading CHARMION, Cleopatra's Maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OCTAVIA, Antony's Wife.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Antony's two little Daughters.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading OCTAVIA, Antony's Wife.
Chapter 2 of All for Love by John Dryden holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 203 sentences of All for Love, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of All for Love by John Dryden exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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