 You would all have the reward of love ; but few have the constancy to stay till it becomes your due. Men are generally hypocrites and infidels, they pretend to worship, but have neither zeal nor faith; how few, like Valentine, would persevere even to...  Love for Love: A Comedy in Five Acts - Page 90by William Congreve - 1808 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Bennewitz - 1889 - 100 pages
...eines Stü erhebe, zurück. Die Haupthandlung geht aber nicht allein aus JJ Die schwache Moral lautet: The miracle to-day is, that we find A lover true: not that a woman's kind. 2) Dafs dies von vornherein die Absicht des Dichters crgiebt sich aus seiner Verteidigung gegen die... | |
 | Alexander Bennewitz - Drama - 1890 - 172 pages
...— die Würde des Charakters.2) Angelica fällt bei Hereinbruch der 1) Die schwache Moral lautet: . The miracle to-day is, that we find A lover true: not that a woman's kind. 2) Dafs dies von vornherein die Absicht des Dichters ist, ergiebt sich aus seiner Verteidigung gegen... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 pages
...better farewell, but it would do a man little service should he remember it to his dying day : " — "The miracle to-day is, that we find A lover true, not that a woman's kind." Collier's reply was severe and triumphant. One of his repartees we will quote, not as a favourable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1892 - 934 pages
...may have a somewhat better farewell, but n little service should he remember it to his dying day :'" disease during the last three centuries. This is proved by the best possible All that Congreve gained by coming forward on this occasion was that he completely deprived himself... | |
 | William Congreve - English drama - 1895 - 226 pages
...are generally hypocrites and infidels : they pretend to worship, , but have neither zeal nor faith. How few, like Valentine, \ would persevere even to...to-day is, that we find A lover true ; not that a woman 's kind. THE WAY OF THE WORLD A COMEDY Audire est opera pretium, procedere rede Qui moechis non... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...somewhat better farewell, but it would do a man little service should he remember it to his dying day ;" " The woman 's kind." Collier's reply was severe and triumphant. One of his repartees we will quote, not... | |
 | Rudolf Brotanek - 1896 - 752 pages
...büßen müsse. Die seltenen Eigenschaften ihres Valentine erkennt sie in den Schlussversen an: rThe Miracle to-day is, that we find A Lover true: Not that a Womau's kind." Indessen hat Jeremy glücklich Mr. Tattle und Mrs. Frail zusammengebracht. Ersterer... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1897 - 726 pages
...somewhat better farewell, but it would do a man little service should he remember it to his dying day :" " The miracle to-day is, that we find A lover true, not that a woman's kind." Collier's reply was severe and triumphant. One of his repartees we will quote, not as a favourable... | |
 | David Schmid - 1897 - 204 pages
...Recht büßen müsse. Die seltenen Eigenschaften ihres Valentine erkennt sie in den Schlussversen an : „The Miracle to-day is, that we find A Lover true: Not that a Woman's kind." Indessen hat Jeremy glücklich Mr. Tattle und Mrs. Frail zusammengebracht. Ersterer hielt die tiefverschleierte... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 684 pages
...better farewell, but it would do a man little service should he remember it to his dying day : " " The miracle to-day is, that we find A lover true, not that a woman's kind." Collier's reply was severe and triumphant. One of his" repartees we will quote, not as a favourable... | |
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