Molière's L'avareHeath & Company, 1900 - 181 pages |
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Page vi
... love for the theatre . His grandfather on the mother's side had often taken him to witness the performances at the Hôtel de Bourgogne , and these early impressions were deep enough to last through life . After having finished his ...
... love for the theatre . His grandfather on the mother's side had often taken him to witness the performances at the Hôtel de Bourgogne , and these early impressions were deep enough to last through life . After having finished his ...
Page v
... loving , large - minded nor gen- erous , nevertheless deserves great credit for having given his son an education , such as , at that time , was enjoyed only by the sons of well - to - do parents . Young Poquelin was educated at the ...
... loving , large - minded nor gen- erous , nevertheless deserves great credit for having given his son an education , such as , at that time , was enjoyed only by the sons of well - to - do parents . Young Poquelin was educated at the ...
Page vi
... love for the theatre . His grandfather on the mother's side had often taken him to wit- ness the performances at the Hôtel de Bourgogne , and these early impressions were deep enough to last through life . After having finished his ...
... love for the theatre . His grandfather on the mother's side had often taken him to wit- ness the performances at the Hôtel de Bourgogne , and these early impressions were deep enough to last through life . After having finished his ...
Page xi
... love with Phaedra , to whom he has done violence , thinking that the miser is lamenting over his daughter , con- fesses to him his crime . This gives rise to a comical mis- understanding , since Euclio is under the impression that Ly ...
... love with Phaedra , to whom he has done violence , thinking that the miser is lamenting over his daughter , con- fesses to him his crime . This gives rise to a comical mis- understanding , since Euclio is under the impression that Ly ...
Page xii
... love , while Euclio is not . To make a miser — and an old miser at that — fall in love , adds much to the comic effect , not only of this character but also of the entire comedy . Moreover , Harpagon is in love with the * Staphyla also ...
... love , while Euclio is not . To make a miser — and an old miser at that — fall in love , adds much to the comic effect , not only of this character but also of the entire comedy . Moreover , Harpagon is in love with the * Staphyla also ...
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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 107 - Si tibi deficiant medici, medici tibi fiant Haec tria: MENS HILARIS, REQUIES, moderata Diaeta.* The regulated Diet she already has — and now she must contrive to call in the two other Doctors.
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...