Act,  scene

 1  Not     |        method of portraying life may seem to be lacking in complexity;
 2    1,   1|          the servant’s character~May be; but I can guarantee
 3    1,   6|       And many splendid patterns may be found,~In our own time,
 4    2,   2|          things eternal.~My help may set him on his feet again,~
 5    2,   2|        brows are pointed at afar~May thank themselves their wives
 6    2,   2|         scold, or tease,~And you may do with him whate’er you
 7    2,   2|      Orgon~So that, although you may not care at all~For his
 8    2,   4|         so; and my outraged love~May yet forestall you in your
 9    2,   4|       the love your high deserts~May win ...~Valere~Good Lord,
10    2,   4|        you have proved it.~But I may find more kindness in another;~
11    2,   4|         ll try my best, that you may well believe.~When we’re
12    2,   4|     Mariane]~Whatever efforts we may make,~My greatest hope,
13    3,   1|      SCENE I~Damis, Dorine~Damis~May lightning strike me dead
14    3,   1|          dead this very instant,~May I be everywhere proclaimed
15    3,   1|         plainly~What troubles he may cause, if he persists~In
16    3,   1|         me wait for him.~Damis~I may be present at this interview.~
17    3,   2|    scourge,~And pray that Heaven may shed its light upon you.~
18    3,   3|        Elmire, Tartuffe~Tartuffe~May Heaven’s overflowing kindness
19    3,   3|        But let’s sit down, so we may talk at ease.~Tartuffe [
20    3,   3|           Our mortal senses well may be entranced~By perfect
21    3,   3|          saw how this my passion may be blameless,~How I may
22    3,   3|          may be blameless,~How I may make it fit with modesty,~
23    3,   3|       discreet in love,~That you may trust their lasting secrecy.~
24    3,   3|          guard our own good name~May fully guarantee the one
25    3,   3|          the one we love;~So you may find, with hearts like ours
26    3,   3|        But don’t you fear that I may take a fancy~To tell my
27    3,   3|     prompt report of this affair~May somewhat change the friendship
28    3,   7|          reports~You now reject, may some day win a hearing.~
29    3,   7|  Tartuffe~Ah! my friend, a woman~May easily mislead her husband’
30    4,   1|     petty fear of what the world may think~Prevent the doing
31    4,   1|         I fear~This whole estate may fall into bad hands,~And
32    4,   1|       And those to whom it comes may use it ill~And not employ
33    4,   1| conscientious scruples~That well may cause a rightful heir’s
34    4,   4|         wise shocked.~Whatever I may say must pass, because~’
35    4,   5|   approaching marriage;~And if I may express myself quite plainly,~
36    4,   5|         urgency the weakness~You may discover in a woman’s heart?~
37    5,   3|          hated ever;~The envious may die, but envy never.~Orgon~
38    5,   3|        Pernelle~False suspicions may delude,~And good to evil
39    5,   4|       Damis~Your long black gown may well, before you know it,~
40    5,   4|         you from disaster!~Orgon~May Heaven confound you both,
41    5,   5|     right or am I not?~This writ may help you now to judge the
42    5,   5|        take away~Whatever things may hinder your salvation.~Orgon~
43    5,   6|           Valere~The least delay may still be fatal, sir.~I have
44    5,   6|         me so much favour~That I may some day recompense your
45    5,   7|         not forgot some help you may have given;~But my first
46    5,   8|       Hope rather that his heart may now return~To virtue, hate