text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"COUNT PIERPONT
Monsieur Oldstock.
SIR OLIVER OLDSTOCK
Count Pierpoint, no apologies: I am not at all angry with you, nor do I entertain any suspicion of my wife--Love of admiration is her ruling passion; and as long as she lives, she'll fancy herself an object of that admiration.
COUNT PIERPONT
Vous savez très bien my passion pour Mademoiselle Harriet.
SIR OLIVER OLDSTOCK
I know every thing--I now see your view, in all this attention to Lady Oldstock: you imprudently made her your enemy, not knowing her character; but you have very wisely rectified your mistake.--You see, Count, I'm a keen old fellow; I haven't liv'd for nothing so many years in the world.
COUNT PIERPONT
Mon Dieu! vous etes un Machiavel.",2009-09-14 19:42:46 UTC,Love of admiration may be a ruling passion,2004-06-01 00:00:00 UTC,"Act IV, scene iv",Ruling Passion,,"","•Play is ""Dedicated to Mrs. Montague."" First performed 18 November 1786.","Searching HDIS for ""ruling passion""",15100,5649
"MAN.
That's a good hearing, faith! If he's fond of history, he must possess from nature a strong inquisitive mind under all this unpromising d'abord. Men, educated in a low sphere of life, however uncouthly they express themselves, often manifest a strong intellect; and on being put to the test, discover a fund of knowledge the better-educated man wou'd not expect from a slight acquaintance with them: I consider such minds like rich metals, as yet unpurify'd from alloy; but let it once be known that the ore is gold, and the refiner's hand will soon bring forth the bullion. --As you are fond of history, you have no doubt dipt into the histories of Greece and Rome?",2009-09-14 19:42:46 UTC,"Uncouth men may have ""minds like rich metals, as yet unpurify'd from alloy; but let it once be known that the ore is gold, and the refiner's hand will soon bring forth the bullion""",2005-05-25 00:00:00 UTC,"Act II, scene ii","",,Metal,"•Play is ""Dedicated to Mrs. Montague."" First performed 18 November 1786.
•INTEREST. USE IN ENTRY. Here the Metal metaphor is egalitarian. Contrast with Plato, et. al.
•DNB: ""Pilon's last piece, a comedy, He would be a Soldier, after being rejected by George Colman, was performed at Covent Garden on 18 November 1786, and achieved considerable success.""
•I've included twice: Alloy and Gold","Searching ""mind"" and ""alloy"" in HDIS (Drama)",15102,5649