[37]: Lorsque Jupiter sort, alléguant qu'il est jour, Alcmène lui dit:
But you and I will draw our curtains close,
Extinguish day-light, and put out the sun.
Come back, my lord.
You have not yet laid long enough in bed
To warm your widowed side.
Comparez la matrone romaine de Plaute et l'honnête dame française de Molière à cette personne expansive.
[38]:
From hunting whores and haunting play,
And minding nothing all the day,
And all the night too, you will say,...
To make grave legs in formal fetters,
Converse with fools and write dull letters....
(Lettre à lord Middleton)
[39]:
Though I cannot lie like them, I am as vain as they; I cannot but publicly give your Grace my humble acknowledgments.... This is the poet's gratitude, which in plain english is only pride and ambition.
[40]: Madame Bovary, par G. Flaubert.
[41]: