Molière's L'avareHeath & Company, 1900 - 181 pages |
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Page viii
... former probably in 1655 at Lyon and the latter towards the end of 1656 at Béziers . In 1658 Molière's troop returned to Paris . On the 24th of October of that year he performed at the Louvre in the pres- ence of Louis XIV and the court ...
... former probably in 1655 at Lyon and the latter towards the end of 1656 at Béziers . In 1658 Molière's troop returned to Paris . On the 24th of October of that year he performed at the Louvre in the pres- ence of Louis XIV and the court ...
Page x
... former was a miser and practised usury and the latter bor- rowed money at a high rate of interest - each without the knowledge of the other . One day the two met under circum- stances very much the same as Harpagon and Cléante in L ...
... former was a miser and practised usury and the latter bor- rowed money at a high rate of interest - each without the knowledge of the other . One day the two met under circum- stances very much the same as Harpagon and Cléante in L ...
Page xiii
... former acts like a coward who has no will of his own , but is driven about by the force of circumstances . Valère , on the other hand , will risk every thing to win the hand of Elise , his beloved . It is to the credit of the French ...
... former acts like a coward who has no will of his own , but is driven about by the force of circumstances . Valère , on the other hand , will risk every thing to win the hand of Elise , his beloved . It is to the credit of the French ...
Page xiv
... former comedy . Séverin makes himself ridiculous by his avarice , and brings upon himself the hatred of his children through his hard - heartedness . These traits reappear , but more strongly , in L'Avare . The special obligation of ...
... former comedy . Séverin makes himself ridiculous by his avarice , and brings upon himself the hatred of his children through his hard - heartedness . These traits reappear , but more strongly , in L'Avare . The special obligation of ...
Page xvi
... former play . Thus , for instance , we find in La Belle Plaideuse a double love - intrigue , i.e. in addition to the one mentioned , there is that between Ergaste's sister and Corinne's brother . It is this second love - affair that ...
... former play . Thus , for instance , we find in La Belle Plaideuse a double love - intrigue , i.e. in addition to the one mentioned , there is that between Ergaste's sister and Corinne's brother . It is this second love - affair that ...
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15 HARPAGON According affaire amour ANSELME appears argent Aulularia avarice avez becomes Belle Plaideuse BRINDAVOINE cassette character characters chose CLEANTE Cléante's comedy COMMISSAIRE coquin daughter denoting dire dix mille écus ÉLISE êtes Euclio Exercises father fille fils finally find first five royal FLÈCHE following follows found French Composition French Grammar FROSINE gallows game Geddes and Josselyn generally give good Grandgent's great hauts-de-chausses homme Hôtel de Bourgogne Illustre Théâtre infinitive interest j'ai j'en kind l'argent L'Avare l'École des Femmes line Livet love Madame made MAÎTRE JACQUES maître Simon make MARIANE meaning means MERLUCHE modern French Molière Molière's money Monsieur nobility noun obsolete order Pardonnez-moi parler pendard Pepita Jiménez père personne play Précieuses ridicules Qu'est-ce raison Reader rien same SCÈNE seems sense sera seventeenth century shows Spanish Spiers Tartuffe thinks time title traître used VALÈRE veux Vocab Vocabulary Voilà word written ΙΟ
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Page 86 - 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 86 - 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 86 - 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. N'est-il point caché là parmi vous? Ils me regardent tous , et se mettent à rire. Vous verrez qu'ils ont part, sans doute, au vol que l'on m'a fait. Allons vite, des commissaires, des archers, des prévôts, des juges, des gênes, des potences, et des bourreaux. Je veux faire pendre tout le...
Page 85 - Au voleur ! au voleur ! à l'assassin ! au meurtrier ! Justice, juste ciel ! je suis perdu, je suis assassiné ; on m'a coupé la gorge : on m'a dérobé mon argent. Qui peut-ce être ? Qu'est-il devenu ? Où est-il ? Où se cache-t-il ? Que ferai-je pour le trouver ? Où courir ? Où ne pas courir ? N'est-il point là ? N'est-il point ici ? Qui est-ce ? Arrête.
Page 51 - 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 49 - Il faudra de ces choses dont on ne mange guère, et qui rassasient d'abord: quelque bon haricot bien gras, avec quelque pâté en pot bien garni de marrons.
Page 86 - Je veux aller quérir la justice •> et faire donner la question à toute ma maison ; à servantes, à valets, à fils, à fille, et à moi aussi. Que de gens assemblés! Je ne jette mes regards sur personne qui ne me donne des soupçons, et tout me semble mon voleur.
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Page xx - Miser,' where the vice destroys all the natural piety between father and son, is especially great, and in a high sense tragic. But when, in a German paraphrase, the son is changed into a relation, the whole is weakened, and loses its significance. They feared to show...