William Congreve
William Congreve
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— Lord, what is a lover, that it can give?
Why, one makes lovers as fast as one pleases, and they live as long as one pleases, and they die as Digitized by VjOOQ IC SCENE II] THE WAY OF THE WORLD 299 soon as one pleases: and then, if one pleases, one makes more. 161 Wit. Very pretty. Why, you make no more of mak- ing of lovers, madam, than of making so many card- matches.
Mrs. Mil. One no more owes one^s beauty to a lover, than one's wit to an echo. They can but reflect what we look and say; va...in empty things if we are silent or un- seen, and want a being.
Mir. Yet to those two vain empty things you owe the two greatest pleasures of your life. 170 Mrs. Mil. How so?
Mir. To your lover you owe the pleasure of hearing yourselves praised; and to an echo the pleasure of hear- ing yourselves talk.
Wit. But I know a lady that loves talking so inces- santly, she won't give an echo fair play; she has that everlasting rotation of tongue, that an echo must wait till she dies, before it can catch her last words.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
— Lord, what is a lover, that it can give?
Why, one makes lovers as fast as one pleases, and they live as long as one pleases, and they die as Digitized by VjOOQ IC SCENE II] THE WAY OF THE WORLD 299 soon as one pleases: and then, if one pleases, one makes more. 161 Wit. Very pretty. Why, you make no more of mak- ing of lovers, madam, than of making so many card- matches.
Mrs. Mil. One no more owes one^s beauty to a lover, than one's wit to an echo. They can but reflect what we look and say; va...in empty things if we are silent or un- seen, and want a being.
Mir. Yet to those two vain empty things you owe the two greatest pleasures of your life. 170 Mrs. Mil. How so?
Mir. To your lover you owe the pleasure of hearing yourselves praised; and to an echo the pleasure of hear- ing yourselves talk.
Wit. But I know a lady that loves talking so inces- santly, she won't give an echo fair play; she has that everlasting rotation of tongue, that an echo must wait till she dies, before it can catch her last words.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Congreve, William Archer to read onlineMoreLess
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