Monologue

Sir Paul Monologue from The Double Dealer

From The Double Dealer by William Congreve

male · comedic · 1:04 min

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Merry, gads-bud, I'm serious; I'll give thee five hundred pounds for every inch of him that resembles me; ah, this eye, this left eye! A thousand pounds for this left eye. This has done execution in its time, girl; why, thou hast my leer, hussey, just thy father's leer. Let it be transmitted to the young rogue by the help of imagination; why, 'tis the mark of our family, Thy; our house is distinguished by a languishing eye, as the house of Austria is by a thick lip. Ah! when I was of your age, hussey, I would have held fifty to one, I could have drawn my own picture--gads-bud I could have done--not so much as you, neither; but--nay, don't blush.

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Sir Paul expresses a humorous and exaggerated desire to see his physical traits passed on to the next generation, reflecting on his own youthful confidence and family legacy.

40s · joy · family · identity · ambition · power

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