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  • She said, don't say nothing about the Proctors, but only about the Apthorps—which 'll be perfectly true, because she is going there to speak about their buying the house; I know it, because she told me so herself.†   (source)
  • James's tongue unloosed with the port, and he told his cousin his life, his prospects, his debts, his troubles at the little-go, and his rows with the proctors, filling rapidly from the bottles before him, and flying from Port to Madeira with joyous activity.†   (source)
  • To say the truth, we were getting in no very good odour among the tip-top proctors, and were rapidly sliding down to but a doubtful position.†   (source)
  • The proctors employ the advocates.†   (source)
  • We articled clerks, as germs of the patrician order of proctors, were treated with so much consideration, that I was almost my own master at all times.†   (source)
  • He said it was impossible to conceal the disagreeable fact, that we were chiefly employed by solicitors; but he gave me to understand that they were an inferior race of men, universally looked down upon by all proctors of any pretensions.†   (source)
  • There were a number of hangers-on and outsiders about the Commons, who, without being proctors themselves, dabbled in common-form business, and got it done by real proctors, who lent their names in consideration of a share in the spoil; — and there were a good many of these too.†   (source)
  • There was a good deal of competition in the Commons on all points of display, and it turned out some very choice equipages then; though I always have considered, and always shall consider, that in my time the great article of competition there was starch: which I think was worn among the proctors to as great an extent as it is in the nature of man to bear.†   (source)
  • I observed, however, that Mr. Spenlow's proctorial gown and stiff cravat took Peggotty down a little, and inspired her with a greater reverence for the man who was gradually becoming more and more etherealized in my eyes every day, and about whom a reflected radiance seemed to me to beam when he sat erect in Court among his papers, like a little lighthouse in a sea of stationery.†   (source)
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  • Look, when my dad was seventeen, he was already out of school and workin' fulltime in the mail room of Proctor and Gamble.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: To live in, yes.†   (source)
  • And a proctor.†   (source)
  • She proposed that Graves replace her in the biology class, and proctor the exam while she, Beasley, took Michael into a separate room and gave him the test verbally.†   (source)
  • I'm your proctor.†   (source)
  • Maybe that's why they sent the old Proctor here — to whip our dear Lady Jessica into line.†   (source)
  • "The reputation you forge here will follow you to the teams," the proctor said.†   (source)
  • THE PROCTOR SHUTS the door and takes his seat.†   (source)
  • Brother Narbert is a proctor of the order, so he is allowed to speak one day of every seven.†   (source)
  • The day my father died, Stanley Suraweera, now a Proctor at Kegalle, was in Court when a messenger brought him the note: Mervyn has dropped dead.†   (source)
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  • Even the opening speech by our new proctor was edged with dire warnings.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR SUPERIOR: a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother who is also regional director of a B.G. school.†   (source)
  • "Hands out where I can see them," the proctor says.†   (source)
  • He fears Proctor, but starts to reach inside his coat.†   (source)
  • The proctor walks in front of her, holds it open, and she walks in, followed by the proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: The Deputy Governor will permit it?†   (source)
  • I'm your class proctor for the next two weeks.†   (source)
  • Mary is keeping her eyes to the ground; Proctor has her elbow as though she were near collapse.†   (source)
  • Y.T.s mom goes in, followed by the proctor, who closes and locks the door.†   (source)
  • Then it's back out to the lobby, followed again by the proctor.†   (source)
  • You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with draining anger—his curiosity is draining it: And what of these proceedings here?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I—had not reckoned with goin' into court.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, frantically: They're pretending, Mr. Danforth!†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, his eyes narrow on Proctor: Did you ever see Martha Corey with the Devil?†   (source)
  • Proctor, seeing Mary Warren, draws her by the arm to Hale.†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, to Herrick: What's Proctor's way now?†   (source)
  • Mr. Proctor, a score of people have already testified they saw this woman with the Devil.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: There be no love for Satan in this house, Mister.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, ripping the warrant: Out with you!†   (source)
  • Proctor has just finished signing when Danforth reaches for the paper.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with a cry of his whole soul: Because it is my name!†   (source)
  • PARRIS, in deadly fear, to Elizabeth: Go to him, Goody Proctor!†   (source)
  • That tract is in my bounds, it's in my bounds, Mr. Proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, to Hale, of Cheever: Bid him begone.†   (source)
  • You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, thinking beyond this: Aye, it is, it is surely.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, counting on his fingers: Thou shalt not steal.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR—he pauses, then with a flailing of hope: Giles' wife?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: And why not, if they must hang for denyin' it?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Your Honor, my wife never kept no poppets.†   (source)
  • Has Mr. Proctor threatened you for this deposition?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem all morning.†   (source)
  • PUTNAM: I never heard you worried so on this society, Mr. Proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Sixty, plus six for firewood—†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Would you give them such a lie?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: No. DANFORTH, as though Proctor did not understand: Mr. Proctor, I must have—†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I thought I would, aye—with your permission.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, taken aback: Surely you cannot think so.†   (source)
  • Proctor goes to Betty as Abigail is trying to pull her hands down, calling "Betty!"†   (source)
  • Proctor turns from her to Hathorne; he is off the earth, his voice hollow.†   (source)
  • I am no Sarah Good or Tituba, I am John Proctor!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, through his teeth, his face turned from Rebecca: I did.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, trembling, his life collapsing about him: I have known her, sir.†   (source)
  • He studies Abigail for a moment, then: Continue, Mr. Proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, reaching for the poppet: What's there?†   (source)
  • He is rapidly calculating this; he turns from her to Proctor.†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, inquiring, incredulous: Mr. Proctor, do you think they go like saints?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, stubbornly: For a moment alone, aye.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, as Danforth's wide eyes pour on him: Mary, Mary!†   (source)
  • Then, to Proctor and Giles Corey: Do you men have afflicted children?†   (source)
  • Tell me, Mr. Proctor, have you given out this story in the village?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: She believe in the Gospel, every word!†   (source)
  • To Proctor: When the children wake, speak nothing of witchcraft—it will frighten them.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Mr. Hale, I never knew I must account to that man for I come to church or stay at home.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I'll whip the Devil out of you!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, shaking her: Do you look for whippin'?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with a cold, cold horror at their efficiency: Why must it be written?†   (source)
  • Then, appealing to Proctor: Mr. Proctor—†   (source)
  • Now, Mr. Proctor, before I decide whether I shall hear you or not, it is my duty to tell you this.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, reaching into his jacket: She has signed a deposition, sir—†   (source)
  • PROCTOR—he knows what she means: I thought better of it since.†   (source)
  • John Proctor touches her head reassuringly.†   (source)
  • REBECCA, brightening as she sees Proctor: Ah, John!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I will fall like an ocean on that court!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, to Francis: Rebecca's in the jail!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this "authority."†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I surely did come when I could, and when I could not I prayed in this house.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, angrily, bewildered: And what signifies a needle!†   (source)
  • But Proctor snatches it up, and now a wild terror is rising in him, and a boundless anger.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with difficulty: I—I have no witness and cannot prove it, except my word be taken.†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, pointing at the confession in Proctor's hand: Is that document a lie?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, alarmed, quietly: Can you not pretend it?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: But if she say she is pregnant, then she must be!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, hesitating, and with deep hatred of himself: Good.†   (source)
  • On their ecstatic cries THE CURTAIN FALLS The common room of Proctor's house, eight days later.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, to Putnam: You cannot command Mr. Parris.†   (source)
  • MARY WARREN, with an indignant edge: She tried to kill me many times, Goody Proctor!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with solemn warning: You will not judge me more, Elizabeth.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: She only pretended to faint, Your Excellency.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: You have all witnessed it; what more is needed?†   (source)
  • Danforth looks at John Proctor, then proceeds to read.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, in agony: No, I take my own, my own!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, angering: I know I cannot keep it.†   (source)
  • Presently the door opens and John Proctor enters, carrying his gun.†   (source)
  • Mr. Parris, go into the court and bring Goodwife Proctor out.†   (source)
  • MARY WARREN, looking to Proctor: I—cannot faint now, sir.†   (source)
  • DANFORTH: Then explain to me, Mr. Proctor, why you will not let—†   (source)
  • ABIGAIL, in tears: I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart!†   (source)
  • You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, without conviction: They dismissed it.†   (source)
  • To Proctor: Your wife, you say, is an honest woman.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, at once: Mr. Parris discovered them himself in the dead of night!†   (source)
  • HALE: I must say it, Mr. Proctor; that is not for you to decide.†   (source)
  • Now let neither of you turn to face Goody Proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: She only thought to save my name!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: She has not been a girl these fifteen years, Your Honor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, his anger rising: For a moment, I say.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, to Hale: Now, sir—do you have it?†   (source)
  • In conflict, Proctor glances at Francis and Giles.†   (source)
  • But Danforth goes on reading, and Proctor is heartened.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I—I have once or twice plowed on Sunday.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, scoffing, but without conviction: Ah, they'd never hang—†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with a violent undertone: You doubt me yet?†   (source)
  • Cheever goes to Proctor, the confession and a pen in hand.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: No, nor this one either till tonight.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Mr. Danforth, what profit this girl to turn herself about?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: She do not mean to doubt the Gospel, sir, you cannot think it.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I have made a bell of my honor!†   (source)
  • All turn to see as he beckons in Mary Warren with Proctor.†   (source)
  • She has an arrow in you yet, John Proctor, and you know it well!†   (source)
  • I'd almost forgot how strong you are, John Proctor!†   (source)
  • HALE: Goody Proctor, I have gone this three month like our Lord into the wilderness.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Then how do you charge me with such a promise?†   (source)
  • Proctor is silent, staring at Elizabeth.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, crying out: Elizabeth, I have confessed it!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, hesitates, then: Abigail Williams.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, to Hale, ready to break him: Will you see her taken?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, to break the silence: Will you drink cider, Mr. Hale?†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, pressing Hale impatiently aside: Mr. Proctor, you have been notified, have you not?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, wide-eyed: Oh, it is a black mischief.†   (source)
  • ELIZABETH: She were—She glances at Proctor for a cue.†   (source)
  • MARY WARREN: I am sick, I am sick, Mr. Proctor.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, numbed—a thread to weave into his agony: "More weight."†   (source)
  • To Proctor: I only hope you'll not be so sarcastical no more.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I nailed the roof upon the church, I hung the door—†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Aye, that's the truth of it, Rebecca.†   (source)
  • PARRIS: The salary is sixty-six pound, Mr. Proctor!†   (source)
  • It is a weighty name; it will strike the village that Proctor confess.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, laughs insanely, then: A fire, a fire is burning!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, still in his shock: Why, Mr. Hale!†   (source)
  • There be no higher judge under Heaven than Proctor is!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with a cry, as he strides to the door: Why do you cry it?†   (source)
  • HALE, obviously disturbed—and evasive: Goody Proctor, I do not judge you.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, his smile widening: Ah, you're wicked yet, aren't y'!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, setting down his gun: No, no. Hale comes further into the room.†   (source)
  • Hale only looks at Proctor, deep in his attempt to define this man.†   (source)
  • Proctor simply looks at her, unable to grasp it.†   (source)
  • GILES, over Proctor's shoulder at Putnam: I'll cut your throat, Putnam, I'll kill you yet!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, turning, appealing to Hale: Mr. Hale!†   (source)
  • MARY WARREN: Mr. Proctor, in open court she near to choked us all to death.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, as though a secret arrow had pained his heart: Aye.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I'll show you a great doin' on your arse one of these days.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Aye, sir, she knew her for a harlot.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I hear nothin', where I am kept.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: If the crop is good I'll buy George Jacobs' heifer.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, with the faintest faltering: Why, no, sir.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I have a crop to sow and lumber to drag home.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Because it speaks deceit, and I am honest!†   (source)
  • MARY WARREN, almost collapsing: Let me go, Mr. Proctor, I cannot, I cannot—†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, going to her: Goody Proctor, you are not summoned here for disputation.†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, after thinking on it: Fetch Goody Proctor to me.†   (source)
  • Now believe me, Proctor, how heavy be the law, all its tonnage I do carry on my back tonight.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, his mind wild, breathless: I say—I say—God is dead!†   (source)
  • ABIGAIL: Goody Proctor always kept poppets.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, growing unnerved: What's she doing?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, a trifle unsteadily: I—am sure I do, sir.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Abby, you'll put it out of mind.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Then let you come out and call them wrong.†   (source)
  • CHEEVER: Proctor, you dare not touch the warrant.†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, after a slight pause: While you worked for Mr. Proctor, did you see poppets in that house?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, sensing her weakening: Mary, God damns all liars!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, breaking in: Your Honor—he has the story in confidence, sir, and he—†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: Forgive him, sir, for his old age.†   (source)
  • Proctor was a farmer in his middle thirties.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: And how did it come into this house?†   (source)
  • HALE: Goody Proctor, your husband is marked to hang this morning.†   (source)
  • MARY WARREN: But, Mr. Proctor, they will not hang them if they confess.†   (source)
  • CHEEVER, looking about the room: Mr. Proctor, I have little time.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, forcing him into a chair: Peace, Giles, peace.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR—he has been reached by Hale's words: Leave me, Francis, leave me.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, quietly, struggling with his thought: Aye, they must, they must.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, evading: I—have no knowledge in that line.†   (source)
  • John Proctor is not Isaac Ward that drank his family to ruin.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR—he knows it is insane: No, it is not the same!†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I have no knowledge of it; the Bible speaks of witches, and I will not deny them.†   (source)
  • PARRIS: Do you read the Gospel, Mr. Proctor?†   (source)
  • Let you consider, now—To Proctor and the others: And I bid you all do likewise.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: I'd have you see some honesty in it.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, in horror, muttering in disgust at her: Go to bed.†   (source)
  • He keeps watching Proctor, who tries to meet his gaze.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, simply-a pure question: What would you have me do?†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, evading: This woman never thought she done the Devil's work.†   (source)
  • HALE: Proctor, I cannot think God be provoked so grandly by such a petty cause.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR, looking off, beginning to sweat: Thou shalt not kill.†   (source)
  • HALE: Mr. Proctor, your house is not a church; your theology must tell you that.†   (source)
  • PROCTOR: "Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee."†   (source)
  • PARRIS: Proctor, the village must have proof that—†   (source)
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