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Non cerco maritarmi per genio o per amor; ma voglio liberarmi da un critico rigor. Se vado alla finestra mi grida il genitor; oh questa è una minestra che mi fa male al cor. Son nubile, son nobile, mi voglio maritar e il primo che mi capita nol lascierò scappar.
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- by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), appears in L'astuzia felice [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 50
I do not wish to marry for love or for skill, but I want to be free of such strict scrutiny. My father screams at me if I so much as approach the window; this is a potion that makes me quite ill at heart. I am noble, and marriageable, and I mean to get wed; the first prospect that should chance I will not let escape!
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), appears in L'astuzia felice
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 67