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CHASUBLE
. . . [All sigh.] I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days. The last time I delivered it was in the Cathedral, as a charity sermon on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Discontent among the Upper Orders.
— Aug 08, 2025 09:22AM
. . . [All sigh.] I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days. The last time I delivered it was in the Cathedral, as a charity sermon on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Discontent among the Upper Orders.
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JACK.
Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?
GWENDOLEN.
I can. For I feel that you are sure to change.
JACK.
My own one!
CHASUBLE.
[To Miss Prism.] Lætitia! [Embraces her]
MISS PRISM.
[Enthusiastically.] Frederick! At last!
ALGERNON.
Cecily! [Embraces her.] At last!
JACK.
Gwendolen! [Embraces her.] At last!
— Aug 12, 2025 06:55AM
Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?
GWENDOLEN.
I can. For I feel that you are sure to change.
JACK.
My own one!
CHASUBLE.
[To Miss Prism.] Lætitia! [Embraces her]
MISS PRISM.
[Enthusiastically.] Frederick! At last!
ALGERNON.
Cecily! [Embraces her.] At last!
JACK.
Gwendolen! [Embraces her.] At last!
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JACK.
Unmarried! [. . .] Why should there be one law for men, and another for women?
— Aug 12, 2025 06:48AM
Unmarried! [. . .] Why should there be one law for men, and another for women?
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GWENDOLEN.
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
— Aug 12, 2025 06:43AM
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
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LADY BRACKNELL.
Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age.
— Aug 12, 2025 05:08AM
Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age.
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We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces.
— Aug 11, 2025 07:57AM
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GWENDOLEN.
Then you think we should forgive them?
CECILY.
Yes. I mean no.
— Aug 11, 2025 07:39AM
Then you think we should forgive them?
CECILY.
Yes. I mean no.
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GWENDOLEN.
Are there many interesting walks in the vicinity, Miss Cardew?
CECILY.
Oh! yes! a great many. From the top of one of the hills quite close one can see five counties.
GWENDOLEN.
Five counties! I don’t think I should like that; I hate crowds.
— Aug 10, 2025 04:31PM
Are there many interesting walks in the vicinity, Miss Cardew?
CECILY.
Oh! yes! a great many. From the top of one of the hills quite close one can see five counties.
GWENDOLEN.
Five counties! I don’t think I should like that; I hate crowds.
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CECILY.
Uncle Jack, if you don’t shake hands with Ernest I will never forgive you.
JACK.
Never forgive me?
CECILY.
Never, never, never!
— Aug 10, 2025 07:41AM
Uncle Jack, if you don’t shake hands with Ernest I will never forgive you.
JACK.
Never forgive me?
CECILY.
Never, never, never!
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CHASUBLE.
What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.
MISS PRISM.
This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.
— Aug 10, 2025 07:21AM
What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.
MISS PRISM.
This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.
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MISS PRISM.
No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.
— Aug 06, 2025 03:03PM
No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.
