 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - Страниц: 232
...speaks to Sir Anthony Absolute in praise of her daughter. Mrs. Malaprop: Observe me, Sir Anthony. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a...much learning becomes a young woman; for instance — I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions, or Paradoxes,... | |
 | Eva Feder Kittay - 1990 - Страниц: 376
...winningly pretentious fool Mrs Malaprop. In a remark which ought to be abuut prodigies, she states, 'I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning' (Sheridan, The Rivals, Act i Scene a).-" These are all instances of utterances in which the speaker... | |
 | Barbara Berliner - 1992 - Страниц: 324
...Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals. She had a habit of misusing words in sentences like "I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning." The character gave rise to the term malapropism. Where was Xanadu? The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan (1215-1294)... | |
 | Michael Earley, Philippa Keil - 1992 - Страниц: 164
...Lydia Languish. She thinks herself 'queen of the dictionary'. MRS MALAPROP. Observe me, Sir Anthony. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny1 of learning; I don't think so much learning becomes a young woman; for instance - l would... | |
 | 2005 - Страниц: 276
...to be a progeny of learning; I don't think so much learning becomes a young woman; for instance, I would never let her meddle with Greek or Hebrew, or algebra, or simony, or fluxions, or 15 paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning — neither would it be necessary for her to... | |
 | Tony Crowley - 1996 - Страниц: 228
...its necessity. She outlines her plan for the education of young women: Observe me, Sir Anthony. - I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning .... But, Sir Anthony, I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn... | |
 | Clara Calvo, Jean Jacques Weber - 1998 - Страниц: 166
...Malaprop, in moderation, now, what would you have a woman know? MRS MALAPROP: Observe me, Sir Anthony. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a...much learning becomes a young woman; for instance - I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions, or Paradoxes,... | |
 | Marina Yaguello - 1998 - Страниц: 190
...character, Mrs Malaprop, is found in Sheridan's The Rivals: MRS MALAPRDP. Observe me Sir Anthony,— I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a...much learning becomes a young woman; for instance— I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions, or Paradoxes,... | |
 | Lewis Turco - 1999 - Страниц: 242
...Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Tlte Rivals, who confuses one word inappropriately with another, as in "I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny [prodigy] of learning." Sexisms are usages that show biases toward one gender or the other, traditionally... | |
 | Tony Childs, Jackie Moore - 2000 - Страниц: 196
...evident, for example, when she talks of the education of a young woman: Observe me, Sir Anthony, I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a...don't think so much learning becomes a young woman ... I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity... | |
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Observe me. Sir Anthony. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; I don't think so much learning becomes a young woman; for instance, I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions,... 
