Chapter 6 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_Enter_ BAULDY [_singing_]. SANG XVI. Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't? Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang. [Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]
Chapter 6 of The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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delicately beautiful
From this reading “Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.”
plural of “edition” — the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “[Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]”
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading “[Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading “Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.”
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading “SANG XVI.”
the act of singing vocal music
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
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From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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From this reading "_Enter_ BAULDY [_singing_].
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
delicately beautiful
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
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From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
plural of “edition” — the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading [Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]
to come or go into
From this reading "_Enter_ BAULDY [_singing_].
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading [Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
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From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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From this reading [Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]
take in marriage
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading SANG XVI.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading "_Enter_ BAULDY [_singing_].
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading [Footnote 59: In some editions, _Madge_.]
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From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading Jocky _said to_ Jenny, Jenny, _wilt thou do't?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
From this reading SANG XVI.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ne'er a fit, quoth_ Jenny, _for my tocher-good; For my tocher-good, I winna marry thee: E'en's-ye-like, quoth,_ Jocky, _I can let you be._ _Mause,_[59] Well liltit, Bauldy, that's a dainty sang.
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