Chapter 30 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Phil_. Not think of her! ah, how should I obey! Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away. _Queen_. By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
Chapter 30 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a powerful effect or influence
From this reading “By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.”
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading “Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.”
let have
From this reading “By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.”
the literary culture
From this reading “By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.”
be obedient to
From this reading “Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!”
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
From this reading “By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.”
take back by force, as after a battle
From this reading “By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.”
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading “Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.”
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From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
let have
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
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From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
the literary culture
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
be obedient to
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
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From this reading _Phil_.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading _Queen_.
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
take back by force, as after a battle
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Not think of her! ah, how should I obey!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading Her tyrant eyes have forced my heart away.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading By force retake it from those tyrant eyes, I'll grant you out my letters of reprise.
Chapter 30 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02 by John Dryden holds 354 sentences, grouped into 71 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 30 holds 354 sentences of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 02, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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