The School for Scandal: A Comedy in Five ActsS. French, 1901 - 86 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... hear ? -though indeed it is no matter , for I think one hears nothing else but scandal . Joseph S. ( R. ) Just so , indeed , ma'am . Mrs. C. [ Crosses to Maria . ] Oh , Maria ! child , -what ! is the whole affair off between you and ...
... hear ? -though indeed it is no matter , for I think one hears nothing else but scandal . Joseph S. ( R. ) Just so , indeed , ma'am . Mrs. C. [ Crosses to Maria . ] Oh , Maria ! child , -what ! is the whole affair off between you and ...
Pagina 12
... hears ; though , to be sure , I had this from very good authority . Maria . Such reports are highly scandalous . But ... hear people attacked behind their backs ; and when ugly circumstances come out against our acquaintance , I own I ...
... hears ; though , to be sure , I had this from very good authority . Maria . Such reports are highly scandalous . But ... hear people attacked behind their backs ; and when ugly circumstances come out against our acquaintance , I own I ...
Pagina 13
... hear how ready he is at these things . [ Sits L. of MRS . CANDOUR . Lady S. I wonder , Sir Benjamin , you never publish any- thing . Sir B. To say truth , ma'am , ' tis very vulgar to print , and as my little productions are mostly ...
... hear how ready he is at these things . [ Sits L. of MRS . CANDOUR . Lady S. I wonder , Sir Benjamin , you never publish any- thing . Sir B. To say truth , ma'am , ' tis very vulgar to print , and as my little productions are mostly ...
Pagina 14
... hear how Miss Piper came to lose her lover and her character last summer at Tunbridge ? -Sir Benjamin , you remember it ? Sir B. Oh , to be sure ? -the most whimsical circumstance . Lady S. How was it , pray ? Crab . Why , one evening ...
... hear how Miss Piper came to lose her lover and her character last summer at Tunbridge ? -Sir Benjamin , you remember it ? Sir B. Oh , to be sure ? -the most whimsical circumstance . Lady S. How was it , pray ? Crab . Why , one evening ...
Pagina 15
... hear how your brother has gone on ! Joseph S. Charles has been imprudent , sir , to be sure ; but I hope no busy people have already prejudiced Sir Oliver against him . He may reform . Sir B. To be sure he may for my part , I never ...
... hear how your brother has gone on ! Joseph S. Charles has been imprudent , sir , to be sure ; but I hope no busy people have already prejudiced Sir Oliver against him . He may reform . Sir B. To be sure he may for my part , I never ...
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Pagina 32 - Peter, good nature becomes you — you look now as you did before we were married, when you used to walk with me under the elms, and tell me stories of what a gallant you were in your youth, and chuck me under the chin, you would...
Pagina 37 - I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize; Now to the maid who has none, sir : Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes, And here's to the nymph with but one, sir.
Pagina 32 - And you shall no longer reproach me with not giving you an independent settlement. I mean shortly to surprise you : — but shall we always live thus, hey!
Pagina 23 - Yes, egad, they are tenacious of reputation with a vengeance ; for they don't choose anybody should have a character but themselves ! — Such a crew ! Ah ! many a wretch has rid on a hurdle who has done less mischief than these utterers of forged tales, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.
Pagina 28 - Why, sir, I will inform Charles and his brother that Stanley has obtained permission to apply personally to his friends; and, as they have neither of them ever seen him, let Sir Oliver assume his character, and he will have a fair opportunity of judging, at least, of the benevolence of their dispositions: and believe me, sir, you will find in the youngest brother one who, in the midst of folly and dissipation, has still, as our immortal bard expresses it, — "a heart to pity, and a hand Open as...
Pagina 27 - I know there are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time, and will rob a young fellow of his good name before he has years to know the value of it.
Pagina 59 - I was a witness to it, has penetrated so to my heart, that had I left the place without the shame of this discovery, my future life should have spoken the sincerity of my gratitude. As for that smooth-tongued hypocrite, who would have seduced the wife of his too credulous friend, while he affected honourable addresses to his ward — I behold him now in a light so truly despicable, that I shall never again respect myself for having listened to him.
Pagina 33 - There now! you — you are going on. You don't perceive, my life, that you are just doing the very thing which you know always makes me angry.
Pagina 72 - Why, as to reforming, sir Peter, I'll make no promises, and that I take to be a proof that I intend to set about it. But here shall be my monitor — my gentle guide — ah ! can I leave the virtuous path those eyes illumine ? Though thou, dear maid, shouldst waive thy beauty's sway, Thou still must rule, because I will obey : An humble fugitive from folly view, No sanctuary near but love and you ; [To the audience. You can, indeed, each anxious fear remove, For even Scandal dies if you approve.
Pagina 22 - Yes, yes, madam, you were then in somewhat a humbler style : — the daughter of a plain country squire. Recollect, Lady Teazle, when I saw you first sitting at your tambour, in a pretty figured linen gown, with a bunch of keys at your side ; your hair combed smooth over a roll, and your apartment hung round with fruits in worsted, of your own working.