Chapter 8 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
QUAR. Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else? [_Aside._ OVER. Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again. QUAR.
Chapter 8 of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on or to one side
an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading “Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?”
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading “Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.”
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading “Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.”
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading “Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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anew
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside._ OVER.
an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
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From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
engage in
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belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
above and across; more than
From this reading [_Aside._ OVER.
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
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From this reading QUAR.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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in or at that place or location
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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used to ask for information about something
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the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
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used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Why should not I have the conscience to make this a bond of a thousand pound now, or what I would else?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Look you, there it is, and I deliver it as my deed again.
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