Chapter 7 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
URS. 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not? WHIT. Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS. I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
Chapter 7 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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be suspended or hanging
From this reading “I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?”
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading “'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.”
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading “I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?”
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading “I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?”
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading “'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?”
a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
From this reading “Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.”
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
From this reading “WHIT.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
be suspended or hanging
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
go away from a place
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I bring her! hang her: heart, must I find a common pot for every punk in your purlieus?
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading URS.
a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
From this reading WHIT.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Nay, pre de leave dy consheits, and bring the velvet woman to de-- URS.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Slid call your captain Jordan to her, can you not?
Chapter 7 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy by Ben Jonson holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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