Chapter 11 of Queen Mary is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Queen Mary is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIRST COURTIER. Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night! Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England! SECOND COURTIER. Horrible!
Chapter 11 of Queen Mary is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an attendant at the court of a sovereign
From this reading “FIRST COURTIER.”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!”
provoking horror
From this reading “Horrible!”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!”
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
From this reading “Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “SECOND COURTIER.”
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
From this reading “Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!”
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.
an attendant at the court of a sovereign
From this reading FIRST COURTIER.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading FIRST COURTIER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!
provoking horror
From this reading Horrible!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!
on one occasion
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
From this reading Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SECOND COURTIER.
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
in or at that place or location
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Lo! there once more--this is the seventh night!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading Yon grimly-glaring, treble-brandish'd scourge Of England!
Chapter 11 of Queen Mary by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson holds 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 11 holds 384 sentences of Queen Mary, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Queen Mary by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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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