Chapter 5 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COKES. O, are you edified, Numps! OVER. Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose. [_Aside._ COKES.
Chapter 5 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on or to one side
plural of “coke” — carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
From this reading “COKES.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.”
make a break in
From this reading “Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “OVER.”
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O, are you edified, Numps!
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside._ COKES.
plural of “coke” — carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
From this reading COKES.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
From this reading O, are you edified, Numps!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
make a break in
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
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From this reading O, are you edified, Numps!
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, are you edified, Numps!
above and across; more than
From this reading OVER.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Indeed he does interrupt him too much: there Numps spoke to purpose.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O, are you edified, Numps!
Chapter 5 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy by Ben Jonson holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 5 holds 422 sentences of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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