Harriet Monologue from The Politician Out-Witted

From The Politician Out-Witted by Samuel Low

female · sarcastic · 56 sec

I really did not--I wish I had seen such a pleasing proof of your sensibility. (MARIA: Oh, you cruel creature!--wish to see your friend in tears?) 'Tis rather unusual to see a lady of your taste and spirit, either weep at a pathetic incident in tragedy, or laugh at a comic scene; and as for the gentlemen, your lads of spirit, such as are falsely called ladies' men, they are not so masculine as to understand, and, therefore, not so effeminate as to weep; tho' one would conclude, from their effeminacy in appearance and behaviour, that they would cry if you were to look at them. (MARIA: To be sure, a little matter will draw tears from the feminine part of mankind.) For your part, you seem'd to be neither laughing nor crying, but rather displeas'd and uneasy.

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