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She Stoops to Conquer

by Oliver Goldsmith · 1773

""She Stoops To Conquer"" is a play written by Oliver Goldsmith and first performed in 1773. The play is a comedy of manners and tells the story of a young man named Charles Marlow, who is set to visit the home of Mr.… more

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Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
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All is not gold that glitters, pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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A reserved lover, it is said, always makes a suspicious husband.
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Where commerce and capitalism are invloved, often times, morality and honor sink to the bottom-Oliver Goldsmith paraphrased
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I fretted myself about the mistakes of government, like other people; but finding myself every day grow more angry, and the government growing no better, I left it to mend itself.
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Indeed, Constance, you amaze me. Such a girl as you want jewels! It will be time enough for jewels, my dear, twenty years hence, when your beauty begins to want repairs.
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Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
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An impudent fellow may counterfeit modesty; but I’ll be hanged if a modest man can ever counterfeit impudence.
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Perish the baubles! Your person is all I desire.
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""She Stoops To Conquer"" is a play written by Oliver Goldsmith and first performed in 1773. The play is a comedy of manners and tells the story of a young man named Charles Marlow, who is set to visit the home of Mr. Hardcastle with his friend George Hastings. They are both interested in marrying Mr. Hardcastle's daughter, Kate, and her cousin, Constance Neville. However, Marlow is shy around women of his own class and becomes tongue-tied and awkward in their presence. To rectify this, Kate decides to pretend to be a barmaid and flirt with Marlow, hoping to win his affections. Meanwhile, Constance is being forced into a marriage with a man she does not love, and she and Hastings devise a plan to elope. The play is full of mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and humorous situations. It satirizes the manners and customs of the upper class in the 18th century, highlighting their vanity

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1773
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