Chapter 8 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 04 is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 04 is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ACT V. SCENE I. ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside. She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me. She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find? She was the last that stood of womankind.
Chapter 8 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 04 is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “ACT V. SCENE I.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.”
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
From this reading “ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “ACT V. SCENE I.”
activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading “She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?”
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.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading ACT V. SCENE I.
(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 ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
Having no one else present.
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
next to; at the side of
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ACT V. SCENE I.
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
immediately past
From this reading She was the last that stood of womankind.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was the last that stood of womankind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading ACT V. SCENE I.
activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She was the last that stood of womankind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was the last that stood of womankind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading ACT V. SCENE I.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was as faithless as her sex could be; And, now I am alone, she's so to me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
in or at the place that
From this reading She's fallen! and, now, where shall we virtue find?
women as distinguished from men
From this reading She was the last that stood of womankind.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ALMANZOR _solus._ I have outfac'd myself; and justified, What I knew false, to all the world beside.
Chapter 8 of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 04 by John Dryden holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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 323 sentences of The works of John Dryden, now first collected — Volume 04, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
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