The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-18

body concerned. He first mistakes intended,
to whom he is introduced for the first time, |
for her stepmother, and commences: MA |
dame, cest avec justice que lie ciel yous a |
concede le nom de belle-mere"; but being set |
right in this particular by his father, no way |
abashed by the c0ntretemps, he addresses
himself at once to the delivery of an offer
of his heart and hand. We know people
likely enough TO recommend themselves in
something like this strain, but, if so, the
ladies say nothing about it,:
Mademosee, ne plus ne moins que la statue de
Memnon Tendott un son harmOnieuX lorsqu'elle 1
venoit etre ecairee des rayons du soeil, tout de
meme me sens-ie anime dun douX transport a
lappariton du sOeil de vos beauties. Et CONNIE les
naturalistes remarquent que la npur nominee Hello
rope tourne sans cesse vers Get astre du jour- auss
mon COeur dOres enavant tournera til toujouTs vers
les astres resplendssants de yeux adorables,
ainsi cue vers sOB pole unique. SoufIrez-donc
de vos charmes iodrande de ce cGur qui ne respre,
ct n'ambitionne autre goire que detre toute vie,
mademoisele, votre tTes-humbe, tres obeissant ct
tres-hdee serviteur et mari.
The audience is quite ready to agree with
'Toinette" that learning puts one in the way
of saying very fine things.
We have said that the technical declaration
is shirked by the dramatist, with one excep-
tion. We need hardly say that the exception
is Shakespeare. We might almost say that
Shakespeare comes next to Mr.. Trollope in
the number and variety of his forms of pro-
posal, and the visible zest and enjoyment
with which he throws himself into the work
There are more offers of marriage in his plays
than in ali the witty comedies of a later age
put together. 1t is this turn for match
making which has br ought down upon him the
censures of George Sand, who, in adapting
COHtH1e IL COuS ptdirG to the French stage,
felt her moral sense wounded, and found
much correction necessary to fit it for her
refined countrymen. She complains that
Shakespeare, by strange and seemingly in
comprehensive contrast, has set the divinest
grace by the side of the most frightful cyni-
cism. ''Not only did he give the d0uce
Audrey to the gyE0UiS Touchstone, but Celia
is mismatched with the detestable Oliver"
Shakespeare has, indeed, a way of coming
very promptly to the point, and accomplishes
very quick reformations with a wedding in
prospect. He will even strike Off a marriage
in a parenthesis Thus the Duke to
Isabel
Fear Isabel,
have motion much imports your good
WhereJo II you'll a willing incline,
What's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine"
In fact, he never allows the lady to doubt
the sincerity of her lovers intentions all is
honest and above board there is reassuring
touch of business in his most romantic de-
clarations. Fenton, in making love to
Mistress Anne, confessed to her that her
father will not believe but he woes her for
her money
And tells me it's thing impossible
/ should love thee but as property.
Anne.-Maybe, he tells you true.
FentOn.-No, heaven speed me In my time to come!
Albeit will confess thy fathers wealth
Was the first motive that wood thee,
Anne:
Yet woong thee, found thee of m ore
Than stamps in gold, or sums r sealed
And Is the very riches of thyself
That now aim at.
We can conceive no wooing less to George
Sands taste than Henry VS.; for in her nu-
merous expositions of the passion, constaucy,
| which is the Kings one plea, and with Shake
| speare pre- eminent, figures not only as an i'm
passible virtue, but as no virtue at ALL
cannot gasp out my eloquence, nor have no
! cunning in protestaton; only downright oaGhs,
which never use till urged nor break for urging.
If thou canst love fellow of this temper, Kats,
looks in his glass for love OF anything he there
let thine eye be thy COOK speak to thee plain SOL
to say to that shall die is true bRt-for thy
love, by the Lord, no yet love thee too and while
uncoined constancy, for he perlorce must do thee
right because he hath not the gift to WOO in other
places.
For cynicism-the real thing-what can
match the scene where Richard III proposes
himself to Anne? With what wonderful
plausibility does he cheat weak vain woman
out of her grief and hatred, and show US how
it might be done! Nothing could be more
mastery. The subject is clearly congenial
The gradations with which she is brought
round from loathing and splitting to half
consent are possible as We read. Richard
confesses all his murders, but they were done
for love of her; and he offers his sword ''to
hide in this true 5resst:"-
Anne-Well, well, put up your sword.
Richard-Then say my peace is made
Anne-That shall you know hereaftel.
Richard-But shall live in hope?
Anne-All men, hope, live so.
Richard-Vouchsafe 10 wear this ring.
Annette take is not TO give
[She puts on tie riag.
When Richard exclaims,
Was ever woman in this humor wooed
Was ever woman in this humor won?
it is not only Richard that triumphs, but the
imagination that has wrought it out triumphs
too. Again, what a delightful relish we de-
tect in the situation where Petruchio pro-
poses to Kate with that nice adjustment of
bullying and fattery by which the shrewish
temper may be mastered, which yearns to
hear pretty things and wooing words, though
it cannot help shying and swapping at
! them:-
And will you, mill you, will marry you?
Now, Kate am a husband for your turn,
For by this light whereby see thy beauty
lIhy beauty that doth make me ike thee welD
Thou must be married 70 no man but me,
For am he am born to tame you, Kate.
| Parents aFranpad Ynarriaoao IN Shalza