"Men have no Windows in their Breast"

— Wilson, John (bap. 1626, d. 1695?)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Leake, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor
Date
1691
Metaphor
"Men have no Windows in their Breast"
Metaphor in Context
ROD.
Men have no Windows in their Breast; and what
Could I, judge of a Carkass?--He was handsome,
And so, a step, to get a Wife; which you well know,
Was the first thing, I was obliged to do.
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Drama); Found again "breast" and "window"
Citation
Belphegor: or the Marriage of the Devil. A Tragi-Comedy. Lately Acted at the Queen’s Theatre in Dorset-Garden. by Mr. Wilson. Licens’d, October 13. 1690. (London: Printed by J. Leake, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor, in Amen-Corner, near Stationers-Hall, 1691). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Momus Glass
Date of Entry
10/14/2004

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.