Chapter 7 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Re-enter Edmund. Edmund. Turn not away. Your hands late held my book. Take now the hand That wrote the book.
Chapter 7 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “Your hands late held my book.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Take now the hand That wrote the book.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Your hands late held my book.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “Your hands late held my book.”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “Your hands late held my book.”
carry out
From this reading “Take now the hand That wrote the book.”
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading “Turn not away.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “Take now the hand That wrote the book.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Take now the hand That wrote the book.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Turn not away.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Your hands late held my book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Re-enter Edmund.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Take now the hand That wrote the book.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Your hands late held my book.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Your hands late held my book.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Your hands late held my book.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Your hands late held my book.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Turn not away.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Take now the hand That wrote the book.
enter again
From this reading Re-enter Edmund.
carry out
From this reading Take now the hand That wrote the book.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Take now the hand That wrote the book.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take now the hand That wrote the book.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Turn not away.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Take now the hand That wrote the book.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your hands late held my book.
Chapter 7 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime by John [Adapter] Davidson holds 331 sentences, grouped into 67 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 7 holds 331 sentences of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
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