Chapter 16 of The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make? I do arrest ye of high treason here! SHAKSPEARE. Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford. His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
Chapter 16 of The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ambassador” — a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
From this reading “Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.”
take into custody
From this reading “I do arrest ye of high treason here!”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?”
possessive form of “henry” — a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.”
the creation of something in the mind
From this reading “TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?”
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading “TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?”
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading “Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.”
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a crime that undermines the offender's government
In this reading “I do arrest ye of high treason here!”
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plural of “ambassador” — a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
take into custody
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
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From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
apart from; not including
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
accept an excuse for
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
possessive form of “henry” — a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
the creation of something in the mind
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
engage in
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
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From this reading SHAKSPEARE.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading TREASON Oh, what excuse can my invention make?
the words that are spoken
From this reading His words had been interrupted; they were nothing in themselves; but their spirit, the spirit of treason, was in his heart.
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading Henry's ambassadors had wrought little change on any except Clifford.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading I do arrest ye of high treason here!
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