Character quotes Flashcards
Old Hag
“wommen desiren to have sorvreigntee wel over hir housbondes”
“swich arrogance is nat worth an hen”
Knight
“wyf looked so foul”
“lat my body go”
“put me in your wise governance”
Queen
“but seyden he was worthy han his lyf”
“I grante thee lyf”
Wife of Bath
“here the wise king daun solomon”
“hadde me yeven all hir land”
“how pitously a night i made hem swynke”
“hath where he commanded virgintee”
First 3 husbands
“Thre were goode men, and riche, and olde”
“i hadde hem hooly in myn hand”
“empty hand then they none hawkes lire”
“come forth and pay his dette”
Jankyn
“he smoot me on the head”
“was of his love dangerous to me”
“he smoot me so that i was deef”
Lucius O’trigger
” if i did not want money i’d steal your mistress and her fortune with a great deal of pleasure”
“can a man commit a more heinous offence against another than to fall in love with the same woman”
“i’ll give you my Delia into the bargain”
Lydia Languish
“i wrote a letter to myself, to inform myself that Beverly was paying his addresses to another woman”
“how charming will poverty be with him”
“There will be no elopment after all”
Fag
“Captain Absolute and Ensign Beverley are one and the same person”
“were in your place and found my father such very bad company I should certainly drop his acquaintance”
“We may lie a little consistently”
Anthony Absolute
“all of this is the natural consequence of teaching girls to read”
“damn me if I ever call you jack again”
“I would not of touched anything old or ugly to gain an empire”
Lucy
“well don’t let your simplicity be imposed upon”
“commend me to a mask of silliness”
” I have little scrupple of conscience from this deceit, though should not be paid so well”
David
“You are quite another creature”
“It would be civil in honour never to risk a loss of a gentleman”
Bob Acres
” she could never abide me in the country because I use to dress so badly”
“Dress does make a difference David”
“mind I give up all my claim”
Jack Absolute
“What and lose two thirds of her fortune”
“I have been revolving and reflecting and considering on your past goodness and kindness”
“that it was Beverley who was below she’d come down fast enough”
Mrs Malaprop
“mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do”
“headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the nile”
“men are all barbarians”
