work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
5719,Inwardness,"Searching ""interio"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-08-09 00:00:00 UTC,"POLYC.
You hear that, my lord; little does Sir Solomon value your nobility, birth, and fortune-- and indeed what are they?
LORD JANUS.
Aye, what indeed?
SIR. SOL.
I don't say that, my lord; I would not be thought to undervalue worldly enjoyments, nor outward appearances: but I look into the interior of a man; I study the character, that is my habit.
POLYC.
A gift, Sir Solomon, a gift!",,15248,"","""I would not be thought to undervalue worldly enjoyments, nor outward appearances: but I look into the interior of a man; I study the character, that is my habit.""","",2009-09-14 19:43:08 UTC,Act III
5790,"","Searching ""law"" and ""mind"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-25 00:00:00 UTC,"MR. WINGROVE
How powerful is the influence of prejudice. My reason convinces me that there is no other just criterion for deciding upon the merits of men, but such as grows out of their own personal good or ill properties. If it were true, that the qualities of the parent were transmitted to the progeny, then, indeed, it might be as necessary to establish the genealogy of a man, as to ascertain the pedigree of a horse. But the properties of the mind elude the frail laws of hereditary descent, and own no sort of obedience to their authority-- How is it, then, that with this distinct light before me, I cannot help falling into my father's prejudices:--I feel them to be unjust; I know them to be absurd: and yet, unjust and absurd as they are, they influence my conduct in spite of me.-- I love my sister--I know her affections are engaged to Young Manly--I am satisfied he is worthy of her--Yet I am adverse to the match, and conspire with my father in throwing every obstacle in the way of its completion, and in favour of whom? Of Lord Dartford, a man void of feeling, sentiment, or sincerity--uniting in him every contradiction of depravity; cold, gay, ostentatious, and interested--But he is a man of birth--Despicable distinction.",,15440,•INTEREST.,"""But the properties of the mind elude the frail laws of hereditary descent, and own no sort of obedience to their authority""",Court,2009-09-14 19:43:39 UTC,"Act II, scene ii"
5790,"",Searching in HDIS (Drama),2005-05-25 00:00:00 UTC,"YOUNG MANLY.
No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses--But, what do you think, my noble commander, of gaining the woman one loves. Can your old weather-beaten fancy conceive any joy equal to that?",,15445,"","""No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses""","",2009-09-14 19:43:40 UTC,"Act I, scene iv"
5809,"",Searching in HDIS,2004-10-13 00:00:00 UTC,"MUSH.
Madam, as the sublime bard politely sings, the nod of beauty sways both gods and men, and I obey. Gentlemen, the title will at once let you into the whole of what you are to expect in this little production. ""An extempore on the famous Mrs. O'Diggerty's dancing at court.""--Now attend-- ""When beauteous Diggerty leads up the dance
""In fair Britannia's court,
""Then ev'ry heart is in a prance,
""And longs for Cupid's sport.
""Beaux ogle, and pant and gaze,
""Belles envy and sneer, yet praise,
""As Venus herself were there;
""And prudes agree, it must be she,
""It must be she--or Diggerty,
""It must be she--or Diggerty,
""Or Diggerty, the fair.""
[Bows very low to Mrs. Diggerty.
That's all, gentlemen, that's all--only a jeu d'esprit, as I told you; a slight effort of a muse, bound in the silken chains of beauty and delight.",,15481,"",Every heart may be in a prance,"",2009-09-14 19:43:45 UTC,Act I
5847,"",Searching in HDIS (Drama),2006-03-13 00:00:00 UTC,"CHAR.
No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you.",,15576,•I've included twice: Newspaper and Work-bag,"""No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you.""",Writing,2009-09-14 19:44:01 UTC,"Act I, scene i"
5857,"","Searching ""stamp"" and mind"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"LOUISA
Pardon me madam, if I presume to differ from you--The houses and palaces of the great are but too often the asylums of the most unbounded luxury and extravaganc. --Who would give the poor Louisa credit for launching all at once into the perilous contagion, trembling at the same time at the fatal infection?--Or, who would suppose, that Lady Milford, the envied and distinguished Lady Milford, so highly renowned for affluence, splendour, and for every thing, which can possibly contribute in appearance to the purest felicity, should with all these attainments be in reality destitute of that solid happiness, which falls to the lot but of the ""pure in heart;"" and that her conscience should sometimes prove a scorpion in her breast?--Would your Ladyship, when crossed in any plan or pursuit, be able to bear with the placid air of contentment, which would beam from my countenance?--Or, upon your return from any party, hurt or displeased by any occurrence, how could you witness the attractive mien of humble happiness, ever imprinted on my calm and unruffled brow, proceeding from inward satisfaction's smile?--We are all weak, when unsupported by our own esteem--there are times, when the heart, conscious of having acted amiss, dreads a scrutiny--the anvil of gnawing conscience is never cool--the contemplative hour must sometimes exist to a mind of your stamp-- the serpent reproach may sometimes assail you with all its venemous stings; and your whole bosom may be turned into a scene of perturbation and disquietude-- Under the impulse of these dreadful evils, your mind must be singularly endowed, Madam, to be able to view with indifference your attendant Louisa's face, dressed in artless looks of serenity, unclouded by care, unchecked by disappointment; and boasting the purest bliss of innocence and a heart at peace.",,15590,"","The ""contemplative hour must sometimes exist to a mind of your stamp""","",2009-09-14 19:44:03 UTC,"Act IV, scene vii"
5857,"",Searching in HDIS (Drama),2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"MILLER.
Merciful Heaven!--Let this act be recorded on high--
(overjoyed falling on his knee)
Let this mark of elasticity of mind be stamped on the annals of truth--To each parent I turn, to attest this bright deed, as now is instanced in my heaven-born child.",,15591,"","""Let this mark of elasticity of mind be stamped on the annals of truth""","",2009-09-14 19:44:03 UTC,"Act V, scene i"
5857,"","Searching ""stamp"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"LOUISA
Oh Lady Milford!--Do not stamp upon your heart a calumny which it does not deserve--As soon as your bosom will have re-assumed its wonted calmness, you will recoil at the dismal effect of passion; and find yourself unable to put your threats into execution--Be assured, that you will not be inclined to torture a poor creature, who has never done the least thing to injure you; and whose sole offence is that of having loved--Now, Madam, only see the difference between you and me--I not only feel, but also respect every tumult and emotion of that heart, which has been agitated like mine by one common objec. --In testimony of this assertion--",,15592,"","""Do not stamp upon your heart a calumny which it does not deserve""","",2009-09-14 19:44:03 UTC,"Act IV, scene vii"
5733,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""chain"" in HDIS (Drama); found again searching ""heart""",2011-07-27 19:55:43 UTC,"WILL.
Thou'rt a brave girl!--I admire thy love and courage, and will give thee as little cause as I can to repent 'em.
Henceforth no other pleasures can I know,
Than those of fond fidelity to you;
Your pow'r my captive heart in chains shall bind,
Sweet as the graces of your face and mind:--
Blest in my friends, and doubly blest in love,
My joy's complete indeed--if you approve.",,19030,"","""Your pow'r my captive heart in chains shall bind, / Sweet as the graces of your face and mind.""",Fetters,2011-07-29 16:14:27 UTC,"Act V, scene iv"
7670,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""snow"" in ECCO-TCP",2013-09-08 19:15:56 UTC,"HENRY.
In vain you plead--Ah, say, deluded Maid,
Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow,
Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt,
Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break.
Say, Emma, would'st thou share the thorny bed,
Around whose sides, at night's dread hour, the ghosts
Of murder'd men would angry stalk, and to
Thy fearful sight disclose their gaping wounds,
Then call for vengeance on this guilty head?
(I.iv, p. 143)",,22694,"","""Ah, say, deluded Maid, / Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow, / Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt, / Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break.""","",2013-09-08 19:15:56 UTC,Scene iv