work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
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"
5913,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"CRUSTIEW.
How? It will never be extinguished.
(With an air of secrecy and solemnity.)
For three and twenty years have I been brooding over the great project. It has ripened slowly, like gold in the womb of the mine. Many things I have already prepared; much is done, much still remains to be done. Twenty men have bound themselves to me by an oath. My band is furnished with powerful engines. Boldness--ability--experience --courage--despair! One thing is still wanting. In none have I discovered the true spirit of a commander. One man is tickled by ambition; another quarrels about birth and rank even in fetters; one has no comprehension for a methodical and systematic whole; another will contend for his object to-day, and to-morrow stop midway to consider of it; in short, every one fills his proper station tolerably well, but all want the stamp of a genuine great mind. There are wheels enough, but no main-spring.",,15681,"","One's band may ""all want the stamp of a genuine great mind.""",Impression,2011-07-30 21:04:17 UTC,Act II
5933,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"VAL.
'Twere a vain attempt--Ignorance has set her stamp upon him--his mind seared to every virtuous impression--his heart flint, and his temper moved by the slightest breath; and when irritated, 'tis like the conflagration of a world.",,15773,•I've included twice: Stamp and Flint,"""Ignorance has set her stamp upon him--his mind seared to every virtuous impression--his heart flint, and his temper moved by the slightest breath""","",2009-09-14 19:44:36 UTC,"Act I, scene iii"
5940,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"FIVE hundred years ago, thus robbers were
Nobler than any modern robbers are:
Well, tho' I smile, I swear I'm not in jest;
I come to ask you all which you like best?
A just comparison 'twixt both I'll draw,
Ask your decision, and make that a law.--
Five hundred years ago, a desperate band
Of men of desp'rate fortunes, hand in hand,
With one accord, would willingly obey
One noble Captain; who took boundless sway,
From birth, from talents, and those matchless arts,
That stamp one man the ruler of men's hearts.
Led by this Chief, they boldly own'd their aims;
By turns defending Vice and Virtue's claims:
The rich they plunder'd, gave the needy bread,
And oft' sent tyrants sleepless to their bed:
For tyrants liv'd five hundred years ago;
But now, O fie! there's no such thing--Oh, no!
In these collected and collecting times,
Can Robbers boast of courage in their crimes?
Pens for their daggers, paper for their shield:
Such are the fashionable arms they wield.
Some men, like Francis, leave mankind alone,
To rob themselves, are by themselves undone.
Pluck, by rude acts, from honest virtuous minds,
Their own fair fame, and give it to the winds.
Folks rich in fame are basely robb'd by those,
Who, 'stead of bludgeon, use newspaper prose;
With which they oft despoil a spotless name,
Then, whisp'ring, ask your money or your Fame:
Robbers there are, that steal all common sense
From Englishmen; and those are hired for pence,
A num'rous skulking band, call'd Pamphleteers,
They thundered out Invasion in our ears;
Now call out fire and murder every day,
Yet say we're safe, if we will fight or pay.
A host of pretty footpads day and night
Assail the world, are never out of sight,
Displaying vacancy in all their features,
They lisp, they amble, and nickname God's creatures;
These are your modern Beaux and Belles, whose crime
Is robbing us of Heaven's best gift, our time:
A treasure which, employ'd with wisdom's art,
Would fill with sweet delight the human heart,
And teach mankind on earth a Godlike part.
Urg'd by this thought, ye fair, will ye excuse,
If from yourselves a band select I chuse
Of irresistless Thieves? Each in your turn
Can fire from your eyes, destroy, and burn;
Your looks, your very smiles, oft' rob the breast
Of comfort, joy, of liberty and rest.
Oh, chuse me Captain of this dangerous crew!
For, like yourselves, I must plead guilty too;
A prouder thief than me was never born,
For whatsoe'er I steal I ne'er return.
Under my banners, you will learn with ease
To pilfer hearts, just when and where you please:
My art shall be confin'd alone to you,
The art, when hearts are gain'd, to keep them true;
Justice herself will take the guilty's part,
Who seize, instead of handkerchief, a heart;
My Robbers there, [1] if they have your applause,
Will join support and make our own their cause:
With those, and these,[2] I make whole worlds obey;
For universal Love is boundless sway.
",,15775,"","""From birth, from talents, and those matchless arts / That stamp one man the ruler of men's hearts.""","",2009-09-14 19:44:37 UTC,Epilogue
5934,"","Searching ""wax"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"JUAN.
They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax.",,15776,"","""They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax.""","",2009-09-14 19:44:37 UTC,"Act III, scene vii"
7034,"",Reading,2011-07-27 19:11:17 UTC,"ZAMEO
(Embraces William's knees) Fetters are needless where the affections are rivetted by beneficent actions. Thou hast left me free, and I am thy slave for ever; with my arms in bonds, I could have escaped, but thou fetterest my heart—I will never forsake thee!
(II.vi, p. 87)",,19024,"","""Fetters are needless where the affections are rivetted by beneficent actions. Thou hast left me free, and I am thy slave for ever; with my arms in bonds, I could have escaped, but thou fetterest my heart—I will never forsake thee!""",Fetters,2011-07-27 19:11:17 UTC,"Act II, scene vi"
7034,"",Reading,2011-07-27 19:13:08 UTC,"ADA<
I was in Zameo's arms--
LILLI
You were torn from each other.
ADA
(Jumping up.) Ah I I did not dream it! Where is he? Where is my Zameo? (she runs to the door, which she finds fastened.)
LILLI
You might save yourself that trouble. Alas! the door is locked and bolted, as the hearts of white men are.
(III.i, p. 98)",,19026,"","""Alas! the door is locked and bolted, as the hearts of white men are.""","",2011-07-27 19:13:08 UTC,"Act III, scene i"
5938,"","Searching ""bond"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2012-01-06 19:15:10 UTC,"ELVIRA
Yes, I do know you!--I know you to be jealous of female favour, jealous also of your fame. You will not, by blasting the latter, render yourself unworthy of the former, and tear asunder the only bond which unites Elvira's heart to yours.
(III.viii)",,19381,"","""You will not, by blasting the latter, render yourself unworthy of the former, and tear asunder the only bond which unites Elvira's heart to yours.""","",2012-01-06 19:15:10 UTC,"Act III, Scene viii"