The works of Moliere, French and English : in ten volumes . GEORGE band: OR, THE S. A C T I. s C E N E I. George Dandin.|H ! What a plaguy Bufmefs it is to have aGentlewoman for ones V/ife . and howinftrudive a LelTon is my Marriage to aliYeomen that would exalt themfelves a-bove their Station, and marry, as I havedone, into the Family of a Gentleman! Gentility initfelf is good; tis to be fure, a confiderable Thing; butits attended by fo many ugly Circumftances, that theheiï way is not to meddle with it. Im become wellskiîld in thefe AiFairs at my own Expence, and under-iland what gentle Folks
The works of Moliere, French and English : in ten volumes . GEORGE band: OR, THE S. A C T I. s C E N E I. George Dandin.|H ! What a plaguy Bufmefs it is to have aGentlewoman for ones V/ife . and howinftrudive a LelTon is my Marriage to aliYeomen that would exalt themfelves a-bove their Station, and marry, as I havedone, into the Family of a Gentleman! Gentility initfelf is good; tis to be fure, a confiderable Thing; butits attended by fo many ugly Circumftances, that theheiï way is not to meddle with it. Im become wellskiîld in thefe AiFairs at my own Expence, and under-iland what gentle Folks would be at when they take usordinary People into tl:ïeir Family. Oar Perfons arelittle confiderd in the Match; its our Money only thatthey marry ; and I Ihould have done much better, richas I am, to have wedded fome good plain Country-Wench, than to take a Wife who thinks herfelf aboveme, is oftended at bearing my Name, and imagines thatwith all my Wealth Ive not paid dear enough for theHonour of being her Husband. George Dandin ! GeorgeDandin ! Thou hafl committed the moft
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