Chapter 2 of Sejanus: His Fall is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Sejanus: His Fall is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Enter Cordus and Arruntius. Now, good Cremutius Cordus. CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship! NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin? LATIARIS.
Chapter 2 of Sejanus: His Fall is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter Cordus and Arruntius.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Now, good Cremutius Cordus.”
praise vociferously
From this reading “CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!”
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!”
plural of “salute” — an act of honor or courteous recognition
From this reading “CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!”
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enter Cordus and Arruntius.
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From this reading Enter Cordus and Arruntius.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enter Cordus and Arruntius.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, good Cremutius Cordus.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Cordus and Arruntius.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Now, good Cremutius Cordus.
praise vociferously
From this reading CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!
Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979)
From this reading NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, good Cremutius Cordus.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!
plural of “salute” — an act of honor or courteous recognition
From this reading CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NATTA. [whispers Latiaris.] Who’s that salutes your cousin?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading CORDUS. [salutes Sabinus] Hail to your lordship!
Chapter 2 of Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson holds 386 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 2 holds 386 sentences of Sejanus: His Fall, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 386 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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