Chapter 1 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874. WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES. RELATIVE POSITIONS. &c. HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
Chapter 1 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading “HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.”
plural of “costume” — the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.”
plural of “position” — the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading “RELATIVE POSITIONS.”
past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
From this reading “PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.”
a person related by blood or marriage
From this reading “RELATIVE POSITIONS.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.”
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading “WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.”
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading “PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.”
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From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
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From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
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From this reading HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
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From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading &c.
put or send forth
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
plural of “costume” — the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
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From this reading HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading HENRY L. HINTON & CO., 744 Broadway.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
plural of “position” — the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading RELATIVE POSITIONS.
past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
a person related by blood or marriage
From this reading RELATIVE POSITIONS.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading PRODUCED AT BOOTH'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1874.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, CAST OF CHARACTER, COSTUMES.
Chapter 1 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Thomas Otway holds 380 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.
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