Chapter 12 of King Richard III is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of King Richard III is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Gh. to Ri[chard]. Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye. Ghost to Richm[ond]. Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee. Enter the Ghost of Henry the sixt.
Chapter 12 of King Richard III is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
From this reading “Gh. to Ri[chard].”
things that make you comfortable and at ease
From this reading “Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.”
color with dye
From this reading “Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.”
the next day
From this reading “Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.”
first in rank or degree
From this reading “Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.”
plural of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.”
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading “Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.”
past form of “wrong” — treat unjustly; do wrong to
From this reading “Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
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From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
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From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
From this reading Gh. to Ri[chard].
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From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
things that make you comfortable and at ease
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
color with dye
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter the Ghost of Henry the sixt.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
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From this reading Gh. to Ri[chard].
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading Ghost to Richm[ond].
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
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From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Enter the Ghost of Henry the sixt.
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
the next day
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
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From this reading Ghost to Richm[ond].
first in rank or degree
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
plural of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
From this reading Gh. to Ri[chard].
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From this reading Ghost to Richm[ond].
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
be seated
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
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From this reading Enter the Ghost of Henry the sixt.
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
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From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
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From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gh. to Ri[chard].
past form of “wrong” — treat unjustly; do wrong to
From this reading Be chearefull Richmond, For the wronged Soules Of butcher'd Princes, fight in thy behalfe: King Henries issue Richmond comforts thee.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Let me sit heauy on thy soule to morrow: Thinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth At Teukesbury: Dispaire therefore, and dye.
Chapter 12 of King Richard III by William Shakespeare holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
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