Chapter 2 of The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains. CLEONE. She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns. ARSACES. O joy!
Chapter 2 of The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading “Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.”
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.”
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
From this reading “Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.”
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading “She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.”
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading “Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.”
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
From this reading “Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.”
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading “She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.”
reflecting optimism
From this reading “She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.”
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ARSACES.
metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLEONE.
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading O joy!
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
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 joy!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
reflecting optimism
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She lives! she lives!-- See, on her cheeks the rosy glow returns.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Off--give her to my arms, my warm embrace Shall melt Death's icy chains.
Chapter 2 of The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy by Thomas Godfrey holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 2 holds 455 sentences of The Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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