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Hearken this, oh, ye spruce Figaros of the city, who trim the clean, crisp whiskers of the well-to-do!
The Micio and Demea of the Adelphi, with their opposing views of the proper management of youth, are still alive; the Sganarelles and Arnolphes of the Ecole des Maris and the Ecole des Femmes, are not all buried. Tartuffe is the father of the hypocrites; Orgon of the dupes; Thraso, of the braggadocios; Alceste of the 'Manlys'; Davus and Syrus of the intriguing valets, the Scapins and Figaros.
They are heard speaking in high squeaks, in bass rumbles, in any way that may disguise the voice. Many are in costume, Mephistos, Pierrots, Figaros, Harlequins, but the most are in simple domino.
The Micio and Demea of the Adelphi, with their opposing views of the proper management of youth, are still alive; the Sganarelles and Arnolphes of the Ecole des Maris and the Ecole des Femmes, are not all buried. Tartuffe is the father of the hypocrites; Orgon of the dupes; Thraso, of the braggadocios; Alceste of the 'Manlys'; Davus and Syrus of the intriguing valets, the Scapins and Figaros.
How I called down blessings on his thoughtful head as I took the chair and, lighting one of the fine-flavored figaros, gazed out on the fields past which we were gliding, yet wet with morning dew. As I sat dreamily admiring the beauty before me, Gulnare came and, resting her head upon my shoulder, seemed to share my mood.
Torchbearers, rich men, footmen, Figaros, grandees, alcaldes, dames, and damsels the whole company on the stage began to eddy about, and come and go, and look for one another. The plot thickened, again I left it to thicken; for Florine the jealous and the happy Coralie had entangled me once more in the folds of mantilla and basquina, and their little feet were twinkling in my eyes.
What he said was what is said by all the charlatans who place their services at the public disposal, whether they be Spanish Figaros or French perruqiers.
There had been a time when he could retire within himself and live in an ideal world of Don Giovannis and Figaros.
Give her a good English ballad: it was a thousand times sweeter than your "Figaros" and "Semiramides." In spite of these objections, however, and with amazing perseverance and cheerfulness, Mrs. Walker pursued the method of study pointed out to her by her master.
"Wait a minute and I will recall myself," said he, passing his hand over his forehead. "I am known as Fragoso, at your service; and I am still able to curl and cut your hair, to shave you, and to make you comfortable according to all the rules of my art. I am a barber, so to speak more truly, the most desperate of Figaros." "And what made you think of "
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