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Mrs. Richman’s husband and Eliza Wharton’s friend. General Richman is the personification of wealth and high social standing, and his name confirms that he is indeed a rich man. The General’s marriage to Mrs. Richman is happy and successful, and it is the golden standard Eliza is expected to follow.
General Richman Quotes in The Coquette
The The Coquette quotes below are all either spoken by General Richman or refer to General Richman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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My friends were waiting for me in the parlor. They received me sociably, inquired after my health, my last evening’s entertainment, the company, &c. When, after a little pause, Mrs. Richman said, and how do you like Major Sanford, Eliza? Very well indeed, madam: I think him a finished gentleman. Will you, who are a connoisseur, allow him that title? No, my dear: in my opinion, he falls far below it; since he is deficient in one of the great essentials of the character, and that is, virtue. I am surprised, said I: but how has he incurred so severe a censure? By being a professed libertine; by having but too successfully practiced the arts of seduction; by triumphing in the destruction of innocence and the peace of families!
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General Richman Quotes in The Coquette
The The Coquette quotes below are all either spoken by General Richman or refer to General Richman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Letter 9
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My friends were waiting for me in the parlor. They received me sociably, inquired after my health, my last evening’s entertainment, the company, &c. When, after a little pause, Mrs. Richman said, and how do you like Major Sanford, Eliza? Very well indeed, madam: I think him a finished gentleman. Will you, who are a connoisseur, allow him that title? No, my dear: in my opinion, he falls far below it; since he is deficient in one of the great essentials of the character, and that is, virtue. I am surprised, said I: but how has he incurred so severe a censure? By being a professed libertine; by having but too successfully practiced the arts of seduction; by triumphing in the destruction of innocence and the peace of families!
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