Chapter 5 of Cromwell: A Drama, in Five Acts is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Cromwell: A Drama, in Five Acts is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here. Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this. O Cromwell! Cromwell! Hast thou done well!
Chapter 5 of Cromwell: A Drama, in Five Acts is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading “[_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Hast thou done well!”
causing hurt
From this reading “Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.”
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.”
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
From this reading “Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.”
unnecessary and unwarranted
From this reading “Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.”
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.”
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading “[_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
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From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Hast thou done well!
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
to come or go into
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
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From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Hast thou done well!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
causing hurt
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
unnecessary and unwarranted
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
not one, and not any
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
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 Cromwell!
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Hast thou done well!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
belonging to which person
From this reading Kings have died ere now, whose lives Were needless, hurtful to their people's good, But none so meek as this.
the words that are spoken
From this reading [_Exeunt, U.E.R._] _Enter CROMWELL alone, R._ _Crom._ How well he died, that liv'd not well--his words Strike cold here.
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