Chapter 7 of King Lear is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of King Lear is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Enter Kent, and Gloucester. Glou. Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you. Exit Kent. All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
Chapter 7 of King Lear is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a component that is added to something to improve it
From this reading “Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.”
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading “Exit Kent.”
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
From this reading “Enter Kent, and Gloucester.”
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
From this reading “All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “Enter Kent, and Gloucester.”
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading “All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.”
in a thankful manner; with thanks
From this reading “Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.”
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading “All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.”
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a component that is added to something to improve it
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from 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 All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enter Kent, and Gloucester.
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From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from 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 Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Kent, and Gloucester.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading Exit Kent.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
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From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
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From this reading Glou.
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
From this reading Enter Kent, and Gloucester.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
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From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
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From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading Enter Kent, and Gloucester.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
carry out
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
in a thankful manner; with thanks
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully: I will peece out the comfort with what addition I can: I will not be long from you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his impatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.
Chapter 7 of King Lear by William Shakespeare holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 7 holds 174 sentences of King Lear, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of King Lear by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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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