Chapter 6 of King Henry VI, Part 1 is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of King Henry VI, Part 1 is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee. Enter. Retreat. Excursions. Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.
Chapter 6 of King Henry VI, Part 1 is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.”
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
From this reading “Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter.”
plural of “excursion” — a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading “Excursions.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.”
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.”
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading “Retreat.”
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From this reading Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter.
plural of “excursion” — a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading Excursions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pucell, Alanson, and Charles flye.
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading Retreat.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Capt. Cowardly Knight, ill fortune follow thee.
Chapter 6 of King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare holds 176 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 6 holds 176 sentences of King Henry VI, Part 1, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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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