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She stoops to conquer ... origin/meaning?

Posted by Patty on February 28, 2000

In Reply to: She stoops to conquer ... origin/meaning? posted by Bruce Kahl on February 28, 2000 at

: : Does anyone know where the phrase "she stoops to conquer" comes from, and what it originally meant?

: The title of an 18th Century play by Oliver Goldsmith.

: It is a farce that centers on Charles Marlow and George Hasting's attempts to court Kate Hardcastle and Constance Neville...

Yes, thank you. But people sometimes use the phrase these days in essays and books, and I wonder just what they mean by it.

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