More gems from Lady B
Posted by MB on June 16, 1998 at 14:59:47:
In response to Act III, written by Kate on June 15, 1998 at 22:43:19
"Her unhappy father is, I am glad to say, under the imporession that she is attending a more than usually lengthy lecture by the University Extension Scheme on the Influence of a permanent income on Thought. I do not propose to undeceive him. Indeed I have never undeceived him on any question. I would consider it wrong."
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Lady B : "What did he die of?"
Algie : "Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded."
Lady B : "Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity."
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Jack : "I have carefully preserved the Court Guides of the period. They are open to your insepction, Lady Bracknell."
Lady B : (grimly) "I have known strange errors in that publication."
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"A hundred and thirty thousand pounds!...Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her."
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"Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can't get into it do that."
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"Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?"
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Lady B : "Is this Miss Prism a female of repellent aspect, remotely connected with education?"
Chasuble : "She is the most cultivated of ladies, and the very picture of respectability."
Lady B : "It is obviously the same person."
Michele
:-)
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