Chapter 14 of Original Plays, Second Series is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Original Plays, Second Series is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Faus._ (_recollecting himself_). True, true, thy fortune! Come. (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard! There cometh one to woo thee.
Chapter 14 of Original Plays, Second Series is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “True, true, thy fortune!”
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “(_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!”
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading “(_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!”
-ing form of “recollect” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “There cometh one to woo thee.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “(_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “True, true, thy fortune!”
seek someone's favor
From this reading “There cometh one to woo thee.”
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From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There cometh one to woo thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Faus._ (_recollecting himself_).
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading True, true, thy fortune!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Faus._ (_recollecting himself_).
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There cometh one to woo thee.
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
-ing form of “recollect” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading _Faus._ (_recollecting himself_).
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading There cometh one to woo thee.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There cometh one to woo thee.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading (_Looking at her palm._) Ah, Gretchen, Gretchen, be thou on thy guard!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading True, true, thy fortune!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There cometh one to woo thee.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading True, true, thy fortune!
seek someone's favor
From this reading There cometh one to woo thee.
Chapter 14 of Original Plays, Second Series by W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
Chapter 14 holds 387 sentences of Original Plays, Second Series, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Original Plays, Second Series by W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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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