Chapter 30 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 30 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1480 sentences across 296 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Some speake. What do's his Lordship meane? Some other. I know not Timon. May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
Chapter 30 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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see with attention
From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”
possessive form of “do” — an uproarious party
From this reading “What do's his Lordship meane?”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”
a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “What do's his Lordship meane?”
moderately warm
From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”
the state of being without a flaw or defect
From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
see with attention
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
possessive form of “do” — an uproarious party
From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know not Timon.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know not Timon.
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?
moderately warm
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I know not Timon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Some other.
the state of being without a flaw or defect
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some speake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Some speake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I know not Timon.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do's his Lordship meane?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading May you a better Feast neuer behold You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water Is your perfection.
Chapter 30 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 30 holds 1480 sentences of Shakespeare's First Folio, unabridged, divided into 296 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 30 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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