Chapter 8 of King Lear is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of King Lear is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Old. Alacke sir, he is mad Glou. 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm. Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will. Exit Glou.
Chapter 8 of King Lear is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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propose a payment
From this reading “'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.”
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading “Exit Glou.”
roused to anger
From this reading “Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.”
plural of “madman” — an insane person
From this reading “'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.”
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading “'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.”
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From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
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From this reading Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
propose a payment
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading Exit Glou.
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From this reading Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.
destroyed or killed
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
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From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
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From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.
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From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
roused to anger
From this reading Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.
plural of “madman” — an insane person
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Old.
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From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
on the contrary
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
term of address for a man
From this reading Alacke sir, he is mad Glou.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
at the time that
From this reading 'Tis the times plague, When Madmen leade the blinde: Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure: Aboue the rest, be gone Oldm.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue Come on't what will.
Chapter 8 of King Lear by William Shakespeare holds 177 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 177 sentences of King Lear, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of King Lear by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 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.
Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 162 minutes of reading across 391 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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