Absolute Monologue from The Rivals

From The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

male · comedic · 51 sec

Permit me to say, madam, that as I never yet have had the pleasure of seeing Miss Languish, my principal inducement in this affair at present is the honour of being allied to Mrs. Malaprop; of whose intellectual accomplishments, elegant manners, and unaffected learning, no tongue is silent. Mrs. MALAPROP Sir, you do me infinite honour! I beg, captain, you'll be seated.-- Ah! few gentlemen, now-a-days, know how to value the ineffectual qualities in a woman! few think how a little knowledge becomes a gentlewoman!--Men have no sense now but for the worthless flower of beauty!

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