"Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows, / To show us what they act within Doors"
— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Roberts [etc.]
Date
1715
Metaphor
"Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows, / To show us what they act within Doors"
Metaphor in Context
ALD.
Ay, ay, so it ought to be, Sir Roger; but I have read somewhere,
Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows,
To show us what they act within Doors.
For my part, I am for the Church, and my Country.
Ay, ay, so it ought to be, Sir Roger; but I have read somewhere,
Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows,
To show us what they act within Doors.
For my part, I am for the Church, and my Country.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "window" in HDIS (Drama)
Theme
Momus Glass
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
