L'avare, comédie, with intr., notes, and indices by L.M. Moriarty |
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Page ix
... says the proverb , and Cléante , insolent and reckless , represents the " fast youth " of the day compared with the bourgeois of the old school , the " horrida senectus , " stiff and old- fashioned in language , dress , and ideas ...
... says the proverb , and Cléante , insolent and reckless , represents the " fast youth " of the day compared with the bourgeois of the old school , the " horrida senectus , " stiff and old- fashioned in language , dress , and ideas ...
Page x
... says that the Avare is less badly written than the pieces which are in verse . Now there is strong reason to believe that Molière at first intended to write the Avare in verse , and that the treatment of the subject , and perhaps also ...
... says that the Avare is less badly written than the pieces which are in verse . Now there is strong reason to believe that Molière at first intended to write the Avare in verse , and that the treatment of the subject , and perhaps also ...
Page xi
... says Jessica to Lancelot Gobbo . And so Harpagon's son is reckless and insolent , his daughter impertinent and deceitful ; his servants hate and despise him ; he is the gibe of his neighbours . " With what vigour , " says Geoffroy ...
... says Jessica to Lancelot Gobbo . And so Harpagon's son is reckless and insolent , his daughter impertinent and deceitful ; his servants hate and despise him ; he is the gibe of his neighbours . " With what vigour , " says Geoffroy ...
Page xii
... say of him , are imitated from a play of Ariosto - I Suppositi . Besides this general indebtedness , Molière has borrowed ... says in his Life of Molière that " there are in the Avare some ideas taken from Plautus and improved by Molière ...
... say of him , are imitated from a play of Ariosto - I Suppositi . Besides this general indebtedness , Molière has borrowed ... says in his Life of Molière that " there are in the Avare some ideas taken from Plautus and improved by Molière ...
Page xiii
... say . His dark , taciturn , observant face was constantly to be seen peering into old books , or watching Harlequin in ... says justly : " Would you reproach an alchemist for having picked up a piece of lead in the streets , in order to ...
... say . His dark , taciturn , observant face was constantly to be seen peering into old books , or watching Harlequin in ... says justly : " Would you reproach an alchemist for having picked up a piece of lead in the streets , in order to ...
Common terms and phrases
affaire amour argent Aulularia Avare avarice avez belle-mère blé en herbe Brindavoine called cassette children chose ciel Clé commissaire common commonly consentement d'Harpagon dative daughter denier Dieu dire dix mille écus donner Edited ÉLISE employed enfans English est-ce êtes Euclio euphemism father father's fille fils first Flèche followed French Frosine generally give good Greek Harpagon hauts-de-chausses hence homme impertinent infinitive interest j'ai j'en jeu de l'oie keep kind know knows nothing l'argent language Latin lesina LINE little love m'en madame MAITRE maître Jacques maître Simon make Mariane meaning means MERLUCHE Molière Molière's money monsieur name Notice noun orges originally PAGE LINE parler pendard père personne phrase pistoles play Preparation probably pronoun raison same says seigneur Anselme sense sera seventeenth century subjunctive take Tartuffe thing time used Valère verb veux voilà vois word ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 66 - Ah ! c'est moi ! Mon esprit est troublé, et j'ignore où je suis, qui je suis, et ce que je fais. Hélas ! mon pauvre argent ! mon pauvre argent ! mon cher ami ! on m'a privé de toi ; et, puisque tu m'es enlevé, j'ai perdu mon support, ma consolation, ma joie : tout est fini pour moi, et je n'ai plus que faire au monde.
Page 44 - Vous êtes la fable et la risée de tout le monde; et jamais on ne parle de vous que sous les noms d'avare, de ladre, de vilain et de fesse-mathieu.
Page 67 - Hélas! mon pauvre argent, mon pauvre argent, mon cher ami! on m'a privé de toi; et puisque tu m'es enlevé, j'ai perdu mon support, ma consolation, ma joie; tout est fini pour moi, et je n'ai plus que faire au monde: sans toi, il m'est impossible de vivre. C'en est fait, je n'en puis plus; je me meurs, je suis mort, je suis enterré.
Page 67 - Hé ! de quoi est-ce qu'on parle là ? de celui qui m'a dérobé? Quel bruit fait-on là-haut ? est-ce mon voleur qui y est ? De grâce si l'on sait des nouvelles de mon voleur, je supplie que l'on m'en dise.
Page 67 - Sans toi, il m'est impossible de vivre. C'en est fait ; je n'en puis plus, je me meurs ; je suis mort, je suis enterré. N'y at-il personne qui veuille me ressusciter, en me rendant mon cher argent, ou en m'apprenant qui l'a pris? Hé! que dites-vous? Ce n'est personne.
Page 40 - Que diable, toujours de l'argent! Il semble qu'ils n'aient autre chose à dire : « De l'argent, de l'argent, de l'argent ». Ah ! ils n'ont que ce mot à la bouche : « De l'argent !
Page 44 - Monsieur, puisque vous le voulez, je vous dirai franchement qu'on se moque partout de vous, qu'on nous jette de tous côtés cent brocards à votre sujet, et que l'on n'est point plus ravi que de vous tenir au cul et aux chausses, et de faire sans cesse des contes de votre lésine.
Page 40 - Ah ! ils n'ont que ce mot à la bouche, de l'argent! toujours parler d'argent! Voilà leur épée de chevet, de l'argent!
Page 115 - Nescio : nil video : caecus eo, atque equidem, quo eam, aut ubi sim, aut qui sim, Nequeo cum animo certum investigare.