 | William Congreve - English drama - 1924 - 104 pages
...have stolen their marriage, my lady had been incensed beyond all means of reconcilement : Millamant had forfeited the moiety of her fortune, which then...FAIN. Death, am I not married ? What's pretence ? Am I not imprisoned, fettered ? Have I not a wife ? Nay, a wife that was a widow, a young widow, a handsome... | |
 | Harold F. Rubinstein - English drama - 1928 - 1138 pages
...have stollen their marriage, my lady had been incensed beyond all means of reconcilement : Millamant of his inheritance. Ah ! my old friend, Sir Oliver,...misapplied. Row. : I am sorry to find you so violent against I not imprisoned, fettered ? Have I not a wife ? Nay, a wife that was a widow, a young widow, a handsome... | |
 | Robert Metcalf Smith - Comedy - 1928 - 780 pages
...have stolen their marriage, my lady had been incensed beyond all means of reconcilement: Millamant had forfeited the moiety of her fortune, which then...widow's wealth, and squander it on love and you? MRS. MARWOOD. Deceit and frivolous pretence! FAINALL. Death, am I not married? What's pretence? Am I not... | |
 | William Congreve - Drama - 1965 - 162 pages
...stolen their marriage, my 180 lady had been incensed beyond all means of reconcilement ; Millamant had forfeited the moiety of her fortune, which then...rich widow's wealth, and squander it on love and you? 185 MRS. MARWOOD. Deceit and frivolous pretense! FAINALL. Death, am I not married? What's pretense?... | |
 | Richard Braverman - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 366 pages
...profit, namely the fortunes at stake. His last prize was his wife, as he explains to Mrs. Marwood: "And wherefore did I marry, but to make lawful Prize...rich Widow's Wealth, and squander it on love and you" (II. 206-7). The stakes in the game at hand with Mirabell are more substantial: Millamant and Lady... | |
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Millamant had forfeited the moiety of her fortune, which then would have descended to my wife; and wherefore did I marry, but to make lawful prize of a rich widow's wealth, and squander it on love and you? 
