Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So, have you done? Corn. Unfortunate Camillo! Vit. I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 73/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 361–365
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any thing at all
From this reading “I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.”
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading “I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.”
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
From this reading “I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.”
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading “Corn.”
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
From this reading “I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.”
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading “I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.”
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
From this reading “Unfortunate Camillo!”
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From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
any thing at all
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Unfortunate Camillo!
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading Corn.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading So, have you done?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So, have you done?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, have you done?
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
From this reading Unfortunate Camillo!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vit.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So, have you done?
Chapter 1 of The White Devil by John Webster holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of The White Devil, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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