William Congreve The Way of the World
Act IV, scene ix
The Way of the World (1700)
William Congreve est un dramaturge et poète britannique dont les œuvres appartiennent à la littérature de la Restauration anglaise. Wikipedia

William Congreve The Way of the World
Act IV, scene ix
The Way of the World (1700)
“They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.”
William Congreve The Way of the World
Act I, scene i
The Way of the World (1700)
“O, she is the antidote to desire.”
William Congreve The Way of the World
Act IV, scene xiv
The Way of the World (1700)
“It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.”
William Congreve The Double Dealer
Epistle dedicatory
The Double Dealer (1694)