Chapter 1 of The Puritan Widow is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Puritan Widow is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow. The Scene London. Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow. Frances, Moll, her two Daughters. Sir Godfrey, Brother-in-Law to the Widow Plus.
Chapter 1 of The Puritan Widow is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “actor” — a theatrical performer
From this reading “THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.”
a brother by marriage
From this reading “Sir Godfrey, Brother-in-Law to the Widow Plus.”
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading “Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow.”
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading “Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.”
the girlfriend of a gangster
From this reading “Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.”
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading “Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow.”
a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
From this reading “THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.”
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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 Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow.
plural of “actor” — a theatrical performer
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
a brother by marriage
From this reading Sir Godfrey, Brother-in-Law to the Widow Plus.
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow.
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Godfrey, Brother-in-Law to the Widow Plus.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading The Scene London.
the girlfriend of a gangster
From this reading Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
participate in games or sport
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading Lady Plus, a Citizens Widow.
a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading The Scene London.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Godfrey, Brother-in-Law to the Widow Plus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sir Godfrey, Brother-in-Law to the Widow Plus.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Frances, Moll, her two Daughters.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading THE ACTORS NAME In the Play Intitled The Puritan Widow.
Chapter 1 of The Puritan Widow by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 1 holds 422 sentences of The Puritan Widow, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Puritan Widow by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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