Chapter 11 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1367 sentences across 274 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1367 sentences across 274 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tra. What Countreyman I pray? Ped. Of Mantua Tra. Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
Chapter 11 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1367 sentences across 274 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”
command against
From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”
loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
From this reading “Of Mantua Tra.”
a city in Veneto
From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “What Countreyman I pray?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
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From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What Countreyman I pray?
command against
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What Countreyman I pray?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
From this reading Of Mantua Tra.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of Mantua Tra.
a city in Veneto
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ped.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading What Countreyman I pray?
term of address for a man
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
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From this reading Tra.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What Countreyman I pray?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Of Mantua Sir, marrie God forbid, And come to Padua carelesse of your life Ped.
Chapter 11 of Shakespeare's First Folio by William Shakespeare holds 1367 sentences, grouped into 274 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1367 sentences of Shakespeare's First Folio, unabridged, divided into 274 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Shakespeare's First Folio by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1367 sentences, grouped into 274 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.
Work through the 274 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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