"But Beauty, bewitching Beauty, has Power at any time to unlock the Closet of my Breast; your Charms are irresistibly engaging"
— Centlivre, Susanna (c.1670-1723); Moliére (1622-1673)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1703
Metaphor
"But Beauty, bewitching Beauty, has Power at any time to unlock the Closet of my Breast; your Charms are irresistibly engaging"
Metaphor in Context
OCT.
That you may in every thing, Madam, as certainly as that I envy my Friend the Share he holds in your Esteem: He's my Friend, 'tis true, and as such, I ought to have conceal'd his Failing--But Beauty, bewitching Beauty, has Power at any time to unlock the Closet of my Breast; your Charms are irresistibly engaging; hi, ho.
[Sighs.]
Faith, Madam, I'm in Love.
That you may in every thing, Madam, as certainly as that I envy my Friend the Share he holds in your Esteem: He's my Friend, 'tis true, and as such, I ought to have conceal'd his Failing--But Beauty, bewitching Beauty, has Power at any time to unlock the Closet of my Breast; your Charms are irresistibly engaging; hi, ho.
[Sighs.]
Faith, Madam, I'm in Love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "closet" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1703, 1707, 1761).
Love's Contrivance, or, Le Medecin Malgre Lui. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1703).
Love's Contrivance, or, Le Medecin Malgre Lui. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1703).
Date of Entry
09/07/2005
