"The College YOU, must his pretensions back,
Pronounce him Regular, or dub him Quack..."See in text(Prologue)
The audience, represented by the College of Physicians, will decide whether to confer a degree upon Goldsmith, indicating that the play is a success, or fail to confer a degree, a sign of the play's failure.
"Well, an hour let it be then..."See in text(Act The Third)
Note that Goldsmith, as the playwright, has guaranteed that the action of the play will wind up within an hour—if the audience is wondering how all this confusion will be resolved, they know that an hour's time is all it will take.
"Cherry in the Beaux Stratagem..."See in text(Act The Third)
In George Farquhar's comedy *The Beaux' Strategem *(1707), Cherry is the innkeeper's daughter whose goal is to marry a man above her station. However, she becomes infatuated with a gentleman who is masquerading as a valet, a situation relevant to the plot of She Stoops to Conquer.
"Stick to that: ha! ha! ha! stick to that..."See in text(Act The Third)
Tony is acting as if his mother is still trying to make Constance believe her jewels have been stolen. Mrs. Hardcastle, of course, really has lost the jewels because Tony has taken them, and she is understandably horrified.
" it's of all the consequence in the world..."See in text(Act The Fourth)
Constance has made the serious mistake of making up a letter about cockfighting, something that Tony is very interested in because he gambles on such fights. To her, the subject is uninteresting, but to Tony, the subject represents gambling losses and wins.
"I ordered them not to spare the cellar..."See in text(Act The Fourth)
Marlow thinks he is doing Mr. Hardcastle, as landlord, a favor by having his servants drink as much as possible, which inflates Mr. Hardcastle's bill. Both are still under the impression that Hardcastle is an innkeeper and Marlow his guest.
"Really, sir, I have not that happiness..."See in text(Act The Fifth)
Keep in mind that Marlow still does not know he has been making advances to Kate Hardcastle. He thinks the girl he is attracted to is just a poor relative who has been working in the household.
