Chapter 9 of King Henry IV, Part 2 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of King Henry IV, Part 2 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
War. Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo. This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King. I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray. Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
Chapter 9 of King Henry IV, Part 2 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading “I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading “Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.”
for this reason
From this reading “I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.”
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading “Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.”
plural of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.”
with low volume
From this reading “I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
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From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
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From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
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From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
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From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
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From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
for this reason
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
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From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
not any; not one
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
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From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
plural of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
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From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
with low volume
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
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From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
carry out
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Speake lower (Princes) for the King recouers Glo.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
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From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
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From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading War.
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From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading Let there be no noyse made (my gentle friends) Vnlesse some dull and fauourable hand Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit War.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end King.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I pray you take me vp, and beare me hence Into some other Chamber: softly 'pray.
Chapter 9 of King Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 9 holds 178 sentences of King Henry IV, Part 2, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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