Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humor is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humor is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bob. The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven! [Exeunt Bob. and Mat. Dow. Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humor is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “Bob.”
anything that covers or conceals
From this reading “Gull, you'll give me my cloak.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Gull, you'll give me my cloak.”
make a fool or dupe of
From this reading “Gull, you'll give me my cloak.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!”
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
From this reading “[Exeunt Bob. and Mat.”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Exeunt Bob. and Mat.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Bob.
anything that covers or conceals
From this reading Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Exeunt Bob. and Mat.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
make a fool or dupe of
From this reading Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
From this reading [Exeunt Bob. and Mat.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The varlet's a tall man, afore heaven!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gull, you'll give me my cloak.
Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 413 sentences of Every Man in His Humor, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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