"Pray mind me, Sir, to shew my Shape and Aire; that as the Loadstone does the Obedient Iron--should draw by force to me all Hearts but yours--."

— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)

Author

D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)

Work Title

The Comical History of Don Quixote, As it is acted at the Queens Theatre in Dorset-Garden, By their Majesties Servants. Part I

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Samuel Briscoe [etc.]
Date
1694
Metaphor
"Pray mind me, Sir, to shew my Shape and Aire; that as the Loadstone does the Obedient Iron--should draw by force to me all Hearts but yours--."
Metaphor in Context
ALTIS.
Younger I'm sure by far--Perhaps too young; but I'll so swell my Breasts, and heave and fall, and mould 'em with my Hands to make 'em grow--pull down my Stays, that they may shew themselves, and Jett it up and down.

[Jetts up and down the Stage]

Pray mind me, Sir, to shew my Shape and Aire; that as the Loadstone does the Obedient Iron--should draw by force to me all Hearts but yours--

[Sighs, and looks amorously on him]
Categories
Mineral::Loadstone and Iron::Iron Hearts Physics::Magnetism
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Drama)
Theme
Magnetism
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
Date of Review
03/23/2009

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