Chapter 8 of The White Devil is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The White Devil is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ha! I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet. What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad. In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery? Or in the cursed dungeon?
Chapter 8 of The White Devil is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “Or in the cursed dungeon?”
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
From this reading “Or in the cursed dungeon?”
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?”
showing your contempt by derision
From this reading “What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.”
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading “I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.”
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.”
abounding with or resembling stars
From this reading “In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading Or in the cursed dungeon?
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
From this reading Or in the cursed dungeon?
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha!
an old form of “has”
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
showing your contempt by derision
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or in the cursed dungeon?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
be standing; be upright
From this reading I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.
abounding with or resembling stars
From this reading In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Or in the cursed dungeon?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a mockery hath death made thee! thou look'st sad.
but in spite of that
From this reading I can stand thee: nearer, nearer yet.
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading In what place art thou? in yon starry gallery?
Chapter 8 of The White Devil by John Webster holds 376 sentences, grouped into 76 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 8 holds 376 sentences of The White Devil, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The White Devil by John Webster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 376 sentences, grouped into 76 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.
Work through the 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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