That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple. ALGERNON The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! JACK That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. Scientific Thought - Page 239by Charlie Dunbar Broad - 1923 - 553 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oscar Wilde - 1898 - 370 pages
...younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany, and gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple....either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! Jack : That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. Algernon : Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear... | |
| Oscar Wilde - England - 1899 - 180 pages
...younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany, and 'gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple....either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! JACK That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. ALGERNON Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear... | |
| Oscar Wilde - Drama - 1905 - 246 pages
...younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany, and gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple....either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! JACK. That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. ALGERNON. Literary criticism is not jour forte, my dear... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1908 - 472 pages
...younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany, and gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple....either, and modern literature a complete impossibility 1 JACK ACT I. That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. ALGERNON Literary criticism is not your forte, my... | |
| Oscar Wilde - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1905 - 236 pages
...relations. To know nothing about our great men is one of the necessary elements of English education. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either and modern literature a complete impossibility. You may laugh, but it is a great thing to come across a woman who thoroughly understands one. The majority... | |
| Oscar Wilde - Drama - 1905 - 234 pages
...younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany, and gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple. *< ALGERNON. Literary criticism is not your forte, nay^y dear fellow. Don't .try it. You should leave that to .... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1907 - 302 pages
...relations. To know nothing about our great men is one of the necessary elements of English education. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either and modern literature a complete impossibility. You may laugh, but it is a great thing to come across a woman who thoroughly understands one. The number... | |
| Philology - 1911 - 598 pages
...77. p. 133.) — To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. (7. 77. p. 176.) — The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...would be very tedious if it were either and modern literaturo a complete impossibility. (7. BE p. 36.) Not only does the action frequently halt, but there... | |
| John Alexander Pierce - Drama - 1915 - 668 pages
...gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth, pure and simple. Alger. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! Jack. That wouldn't be a bad thing. Alger. Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear fellow. Don't... | |
| Oscar Wilde - Prose literature - 1916 - 726 pages
...relations. To know nothing about our great men is one of the necessary elements of English education. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were cither and modern literature a complete impossibility. You may laugh, but it is a great thing to come... | |
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