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 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently. Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm. [Exit. Flam. Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 76/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 376–380
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following immediately and as a result of what went before
From this reading “Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.”
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading “[Exit.”
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading “Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.”
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading “Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.”
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
From this reading “Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.”
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading “Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.”
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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 Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
following immediately and as a result of what went before
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading [Exit.
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Flam.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
the state of being honored
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
not any; not one
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
in the near future
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
be standing; be upright
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No, I 'll to bed: Send Doctor Julio to me presently.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
lacking love and generosity
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, you that stand so much upon your honour, Is this a fitting time a' night, think you, To send a duke home without e'er a man?
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