Chapter 7 of The White Devil is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The White Devil is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Flam. I have done. [Enter Lodovico. Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom? To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
Chapter 7 of The White Devil is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading “To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I have done.”
to come or go into
From this reading “[Enter Lodovico.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.”
capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
From this reading “To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.”
plural of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.”
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I have done.
to come or go into
From this reading [Enter Lodovico.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Flam.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have done.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have done.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Enter Lodovico.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
plural of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
express strong disapproval of
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading Wilt hear some of my court-wisdom?
Chapter 7 of The White Devil by John Webster holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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 7 holds 390 sentences of The White Devil, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The White Devil by John Webster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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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