Chapter 29 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1480 sentences across 296 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1480 sentences across 296 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mo. Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee. Enter. Iul. O God!
Chapter 29 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1480 sentences across 296 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter.”
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 “O God!”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
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 O God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iul.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading Mo.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Talke not to me, for Ile not speake a word, Do as thou wilt, for I haue done with thee.
Chapter 29 of Shakespeare's First Folio by William Shakespeare holds 1480 sentences, grouped into 296 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 29 holds 1480 sentences of Shakespeare's First Folio, unabridged, divided into 296 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Shakespeare's First Folio by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1480 sentences, grouped into 296 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 296 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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