Chapter 9 of King Henry VIII is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of King Henry VIII is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grif. Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water. May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now? Kath. Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
Chapter 9 of King Henry VIII is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
From this reading “Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.”
having the nature of or resulting from malice
From this reading “Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.”
social deportment
From this reading “Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.”
plural of “men” — the force of workers available
From this reading “Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?”
produce a literary work
From this reading “Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.”
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From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
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From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
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From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
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From this reading Grif.
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
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From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
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From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
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From this reading Kath.
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From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
a woman of refinement
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
having the nature of or resulting from malice
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
social deportment
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
plural of “men” — the force of workers available
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
impressive in appearance
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
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From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
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From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
produce a literary work
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
Chapter 9 of King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 158 sentences of King Henry VIII, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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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