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King Richard II
King Richard II

Chapter VI

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Bull.
Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.
My gracious Lord Rich.
Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.
Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.
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King Richard II

Chapter VI

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Bull.
Line 2
Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.
Line 3
My gracious Lord Rich.
Line 4
Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.
Line 5
Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.”

All words in this reading · 41

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all

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

apart

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

base

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

Bull

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From this reading Bull.

Courtesie

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

Cousin

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

debase

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

dutie

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

Earth

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

Eye

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

faire

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

feele

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

gracious

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From this reading My gracious Lord Rich.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

Heart

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

kissing

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

Knee

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

Lord

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From this reading My gracious Lord Rich.

Loue

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

Maiestie

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

MepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My gracious Lord Rich.

Princely

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

prowd

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From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

rather

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

Rich

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From this reading My gracious Lord Rich.

see

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

shew

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

Stand

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From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

Then

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Stand all apart, And shew faire dutie to his Maiestie.

vnpleas'd

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From this reading Me rather had, my Heart might feele your Loue, Then my vnpleas'd Eye see your Courtesie.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Faire Cousin, You debase your Princely Knee, To make the base Earth prowd with kissing it.