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... means of these servants . But although the principal characters of the Aulularia reappear in L'Avare , their particular treatment differs greatly in the two comedies . The characters newly created by Molière are Cléante , Mariane ...
... means of these servants . But although the principal characters of the Aulularia reappear in L'Avare , their particular treatment differs greatly in the two comedies . The characters newly created by Molière are Cléante , Mariane ...
Page xv
... means . He finds a second usurer , who is ready to favor him with the loan , provided he will pay eight and one third per cent interest and is willing , moreover , to accept a lot of old rubbish for the larger part of the money . The ...
... means . He finds a second usurer , who is ready to favor him with the loan , provided he will pay eight and one third per cent interest and is willing , moreover , to accept a lot of old rubbish for the larger part of the money . The ...
Page xix
... means , for he has lost all sense of right and wrong . In order to accomplish his purpose he inflicts suffering not only upon his servants and horses , but also upon his children . Mariane , with whom Harpagon is in love , is a poor ...
... means , for he has lost all sense of right and wrong . In order to accomplish his purpose he inflicts suffering not only upon his servants and horses , but also upon his children . Mariane , with whom Harpagon is in love , is a poor ...
Page xx
... means of his fine clothes . The result is that he becomes a spendthrift and is obliged to borrow money at a ruinous rate of interest . This phase of Cléante's character is . well described by La Flèche ( cf. p . 44 XX INTRODUCTION.
... means of his fine clothes . The result is that he becomes a spendthrift and is obliged to borrow money at a ruinous rate of interest . This phase of Cléante's character is . well described by La Flèche ( cf. p . 44 XX INTRODUCTION.
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... means , although , in theory , he admits that sincerity suffers somewhat in the part he is playing . Valère's faults are atoned for in part by the display of a noble unselfishness which reveals his deep love for Elise . MARIANE Of all ...
... means , although , in theory , he admits that sincerity suffers somewhat in the part he is playing . Valère's faults are atoned for in part by the display of a noble unselfishness which reveals his deep love for Elise . MARIANE Of all ...
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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 88 - 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 88 - 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 88 - 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 87 - 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 53 - 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 50 - 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 88 - 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 xxii - 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...