Chapter 4 of The Scornful Lady is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Scornful Lady is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Lady_. Have you no manners in you? _Elder Lo_. And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer. _Lady_.
Chapter 4 of The Scornful Lady is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading “And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.”
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.”
a person who is older than you are
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.”
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.”
social deportment
From this reading “Have you no manners in you?”
plural of “mare” — female equine animal
From this reading “And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.”
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading “And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.”
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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 And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading _Elder Lo_.
someone skilled at fencing
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you no manners in you?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Have you no manners in you?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading _Lady_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Elder Lo_.
social deportment
From this reading Have you no manners in you?
plural of “mare” — female equine animal
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
not any; not one
From this reading Have you no manners in you?
express in words
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
at the time that
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And say my back was melted, when God he knows, I kept it at a charge: Four _Flaunders_ Mares would have been easier to me, and a Fencer.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you no manners in you?
Chapter 4 of The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 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 4 holds 445 sentences of The Scornful Lady, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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