Chapter 5 of Locrine is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Locrine is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ESTRILD. Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy. What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee? LOCRINE. Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
Chapter 5 of Locrine is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
From this reading “Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.”
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
From this reading “What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?”
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading “Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.”
a state of extreme dishonor
From this reading “Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.”
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.”
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading “Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.”
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading “Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
(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 Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ESTRILD.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
a state of extreme dishonor
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOCRINE.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading Kings need not fear the vulgar sentences.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would the common sort report of me, If I forget my love, and cleave to thee?
Chapter 5 of Locrine by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 5 holds 196 sentences of Locrine, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Locrine by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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