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Anecdotes Of Moliere.
woman ' s knowledge , read her some passages of another comedy ( not his own ) . The old woman was not to be deceived ; sjie said she was sure the composition was not his . Perraitlt mentions , in his Lives of Illustrious Men , that Moliere ' s father did all that lay in his power to prevent his son ' s becoming a player , but in vain . At last he sent him the master of the boardingschoolwhere he had lived the first years of his studyhoping that
, , by the authority this man had gained over him during that time , he might prevail with him to return to his duty ; but so far was he from succeeding , that Moliere , on the contrary , persuaded him to embrace the same profession , and to become the doctor of their comedy ; representing to him , that the Latin he was master of renderediiirn very fit to act such a part , and that such a life would be ten times
more agreeable than keeping a boarding-school . " • Racine always looked on Moliere as the first author of that period . The king asking him one day whom he thought the first writer in his reign , Racine answered , it was Moliere . —Indeed . ' said the king . Well , well , it may be so ; you understand these things "better than I . Molieresome years before his death , lived : entirely on milk .
, When he went to his house at Antetiil , he always engaged Chapelle to do the honours of his table ; and left to him the care of inviting the guests . Moliere one evening , being desirous : of retiring , to rest sooner than ordinary , left his friends at table . The conversation at three' o ' clock in the morning insensibly fell on ' mortality .. Of how
short a duration is this life , said Chapelle ' . How full of misfortunes and disappointments ! Thirty or forty years we are . on the . watch to enjoy a moment ' s pleasure , and which we never find . Thedays of our youth prove days . of torment . : Our inexorable parents 'insist on our stuffing our heads with a heap of nonsense . "What- -matters it to me , whether the earth turns round the sun , or the sun round the earth ; whether that fooid'Escarles is in the rig htor the madman
, Aristotle ? 1 had , however ; a preceptor , who was . always endeavouring to drive these : things into hiy . head : We are no' sooner freed from hearing this , nonsense , than our ears are stunnedwith proposals of an establishment . All women are a species ' of animals , sworn enemies'to our repose .- —Yes , I insist upon it , continued : lie , there is -nothing , ; there is nothing but-misfortunes , grief , and-injustice on all
sides in this life . —You are in the ri ght of it , replied J— , ' embracing him . Life is a miserable portion . Let us then all die . together , ere such good friends be separated . . Let us all go this instant and drown ourselves : ; the river is at hand . —That's'true , said N-- — ; we . cannot have a better-opportunity than now ; -we are friends , andin ; the heiht of our joy . Our deaths will be loriousit will be talked
g g ; of ; ' our names" will be immortal . The 'laudable intention was immediately approved of . The whole drunken- set rose-at once , and went towards the river .-Baron run immediately to waken . Moliere , who was frightened at- the :. 'extravagant project ,.. because , he knew the power of wine on weak heads . ' While he was dressinghimself in a hurry , the mud company had got , to the river , and had
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdotes Of Moliere.
woman ' s knowledge , read her some passages of another comedy ( not his own ) . The old woman was not to be deceived ; sjie said she was sure the composition was not his . Perraitlt mentions , in his Lives of Illustrious Men , that Moliere ' s father did all that lay in his power to prevent his son ' s becoming a player , but in vain . At last he sent him the master of the boardingschoolwhere he had lived the first years of his studyhoping that
, , by the authority this man had gained over him during that time , he might prevail with him to return to his duty ; but so far was he from succeeding , that Moliere , on the contrary , persuaded him to embrace the same profession , and to become the doctor of their comedy ; representing to him , that the Latin he was master of renderediiirn very fit to act such a part , and that such a life would be ten times
more agreeable than keeping a boarding-school . " • Racine always looked on Moliere as the first author of that period . The king asking him one day whom he thought the first writer in his reign , Racine answered , it was Moliere . —Indeed . ' said the king . Well , well , it may be so ; you understand these things "better than I . Molieresome years before his death , lived : entirely on milk .
, When he went to his house at Antetiil , he always engaged Chapelle to do the honours of his table ; and left to him the care of inviting the guests . Moliere one evening , being desirous : of retiring , to rest sooner than ordinary , left his friends at table . The conversation at three' o ' clock in the morning insensibly fell on ' mortality .. Of how
short a duration is this life , said Chapelle ' . How full of misfortunes and disappointments ! Thirty or forty years we are . on the . watch to enjoy a moment ' s pleasure , and which we never find . Thedays of our youth prove days . of torment . : Our inexorable parents 'insist on our stuffing our heads with a heap of nonsense . "What- -matters it to me , whether the earth turns round the sun , or the sun round the earth ; whether that fooid'Escarles is in the rig htor the madman
, Aristotle ? 1 had , however ; a preceptor , who was . always endeavouring to drive these : things into hiy . head : We are no' sooner freed from hearing this , nonsense , than our ears are stunnedwith proposals of an establishment . All women are a species ' of animals , sworn enemies'to our repose .- —Yes , I insist upon it , continued : lie , there is -nothing , ; there is nothing but-misfortunes , grief , and-injustice on all
sides in this life . —You are in the ri ght of it , replied J— , ' embracing him . Life is a miserable portion . Let us then all die . together , ere such good friends be separated . . Let us all go this instant and drown ourselves : ; the river is at hand . —That's'true , said N-- — ; we . cannot have a better-opportunity than now ; -we are friends , andin ; the heiht of our joy . Our deaths will be loriousit will be talked
g g ; of ; ' our names" will be immortal . The 'laudable intention was immediately approved of . The whole drunken- set rose-at once , and went towards the river .-Baron run immediately to waken . Moliere , who was frightened at- the :. 'extravagant project ,.. because , he knew the power of wine on weak heads . ' While he was dressinghimself in a hurry , the mud company had got , to the river , and had