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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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LUD.
No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!
SONGLUDWIG.
Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!
You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissalwith very long faces But wait! on that topic I've something to say!
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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/92 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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LUD.
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No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!
Line 3
SONGLUDWIG.
Line 4
Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a dayHe can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!
Line 5
You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissalwith very long facesBut wait! on that topic I've something to say!

All words in this reading · 71

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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

all

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

and

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

be

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

boasts

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

But

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

Can

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

conspicuous

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

day

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

deal

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

deprived

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

dismissal

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

do

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

done

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

doubt

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

eat

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

faces

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

friends

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

get

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

good

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

graces

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

grimaces

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

he

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

his

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

hours

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

I've

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

if

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

In

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

intellectual

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

laces

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

likes

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

long

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

LUD

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From this reading LUD.

LUDWIG

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From this reading SONG—LUDWIG.

matter

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

may

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

me

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

Monarch

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

much

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

No

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

nothing

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

of

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

Oh

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

on

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

pay

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

places

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

plenty

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

put

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

quickly

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

ribbons

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

run

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

say

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

something

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

SONG

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From this reading SONG—LUDWIG.

tell

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

that

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

the

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

though

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

time

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From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

to

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

To-morrow

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

topic

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

twenty-four

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

unpleasant

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

very

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

wait

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

who

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

will

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading No matter, though the time will quickly run, In hours twenty-four much may be done!

With

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From this reading Oh, a Monarch who boasts intellectual graces Can do, if he likes, a good deal in a day— He can put all his friends in conspicuous places, With plenty to eat and with nothing to pay!

You'll

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

your

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From this reading You'll tell me, no doubt, with unpleasant grimaces, To-morrow, deprived of your ribbons and laces, You'll get your dismissal—with very long faces— But wait! on that topic I've something to say!

Chapter 7 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan holds 462 sentences, grouped into 93 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.

What does chapter 7 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan contain?

Chapter 7 holds 462 sentences of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 462 sentences, grouped into 93 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.

How do I study chapter 7 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan?

Work through the 93 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 93 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan?

Yes. All 17254 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #808 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #808, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 3451 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

William
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Gilbert
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Arthur
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Sullivan
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