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Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROSE. Oh, sir, I thank you. ELSWORTH. And how, sir, comes on the royal cause? Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 79/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 391–395
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events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?”
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?”
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading “And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?”
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “Oh, sir, I thank you.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELSWORTH.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, sir, I thank you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, sir, I thank you.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
term of address for a man
From this reading Oh, sir, I thank you.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Oh, sir, I thank you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And how, sir, comes on the royal cause?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will it be long ere these rebels are taught their duty to their King?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, sir, I thank you.
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