Chapter 8 of King Henry VIII is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of King Henry VIII is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Nor. And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better. For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you. So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall. Exeunt. all but Wolsey.
Chapter 8 of King Henry VIII is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.”
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.”
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.”
an agenda of things to do
From this reading “So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.”
plural of “meditation” — continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading “And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Exeunt. all but Wolsey.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
react verbally
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Exeunt. all but Wolsey.
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From this reading So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading Exeunt. all but Wolsey.
an agenda of things to do
From this reading So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
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From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
plural of “meditation” — continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
not any; not one
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
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From this reading For your stubborne answer About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, The King shall know it, and (no doubt) shal thanke you.
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From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
(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 So fare you well, my little good Lord Cardinall.
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From this reading Exeunt. all but Wolsey.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And so wee'l leaue you to your Meditations How to liue better.
Chapter 8 of King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 152 sentences of King Henry VIII, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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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