"This Commission, Madam, was my Pasport to the Fair; adding a nobleness to my Passion, it stampt a value on my Love"
— Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Ralph Smith and Bennet Banbury
Date
1700
Metaphor
"This Commission, Madam, was my Pasport to the Fair; adding a nobleness to my Passion, it stampt a value on my Love"
Metaphor in Context
STAND.
I once, Madam, hop'd the Honour of defending you from all Injuries thro a Title to your lovely Person, but now my Love must attend my Fortune. This Commission, Madam, was my Pasport to the Fair; adding a nobleness to my Passion, it stampt a value on my Love; 'twas once the life of Honour, but now its Hearse, and with it must my Love be buried.
I once, Madam, hop'd the Honour of defending you from all Injuries thro a Title to your lovely Person, but now my Love must attend my Fortune. This Commission, Madam, was my Pasport to the Fair; adding a nobleness to my Passion, it stampt a value on my Love; 'twas once the life of Honour, but now its Hearse, and with it must my Love be buried.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "passion" HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed November 28, 1699. Over 50 entries in ESTC (1700, 1701, 1704, 1708, 1710, 1711, 17141716, 1718, 1720, 1721, 1725, 1728, 1732, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1742, 1750, 1755, 1756, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1772, 1774, 1777, 1780, 1791, 1792, 1795).
See The Constant Couple; or A Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. By Mr. George Farquhar (London: Printed for Ralph Smith ... and Bennet Banbury, 1700).
See The Constant Couple; or A Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. By Mr. George Farquhar (London: Printed for Ralph Smith ... and Bennet Banbury, 1700).
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
