Chapter 8 of King Henry VI, Part 1 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of King Henry VI, Part 1 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lu. Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char. On what submissiue message art thou sent? Lucy. Submission Dolphin?
Chapter 8 of King Henry VI, Part 1 is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a charred substance
From this reading “Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.”
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
From this reading “Submission Dolphin?”
plural of “dolphin” — large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
From this reading “Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.”
foreshadow or presage
From this reading “Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Lucy.”
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “On what submissiue message art thou sent?”
something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
From this reading “Submission Dolphin?”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
a charred substance
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
From this reading Submission Dolphin?
plural of “dolphin” — large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
a state of high honor
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
foreshadow or presage
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium
From this reading Lu.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
From this reading Submission Dolphin?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading On what submissiue message art thou sent?
which person or people
From this reading Herald, conduct me to the Dolphins Tent, To know who hath obtain'd the glory of the day Char.
Chapter 8 of King Henry VI, Part 1 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 8 holds 178 sentences of King Henry VI, Part 1, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 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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