Chapter 5 of Chastelard, a Tragedy is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Chastelard, a Tragedy is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Hides himself by the bed.] [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.] QUEEN. Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all. Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Chapter 5 of Chastelard, a Tragedy is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to come or go into
From this reading “[Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]”
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading “Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.”
plural of “hide” — the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
From this reading “[Hides himself by the bed.]”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.”
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
From this reading “Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.”
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
From this reading “Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.”
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belong to an earlier time
In this reading “Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
to come or go into
From this reading [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
coins made of gold
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
plural of “hide” — the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
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 [Enter the QUEEN and DARNLEY.]
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Nay, now go back: I have sent off my folk, Maries and all.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Hides himself by the bed.]
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Pray you, let be my hair; I cannot twist the gold thread out of it That you wound in so close.
Chapter 5 of Chastelard, a Tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne holds 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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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