"The Absence of an old Mistress makes room for a new one--Therefore I have blotted her from my Fancy, like a Painter that strikes one form out of his Cloth, to lay in another."
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Curll ... and R. Francklin ... and W. Chetwood [etc.]
Date
1719
Metaphor
"The Absence of an old Mistress makes room for a new one--Therefore I have blotted her from my Fancy, like a Painter that strikes one form out of his Cloth, to lay in another."
Metaphor in Context
ASP.
One Question more Sir--Have you quite forgot Fidelia.
SIR CHA.
The Absence of an old Mistress makes room for a new one--Therefore I have blotted her from my Fancy, like a Painter that strikes one form out of his Cloth, to lay in another.
ASP.
Sir, Consider, and don't run headlong thus to your own Destruction.
One Question more Sir--Have you quite forgot Fidelia.
SIR CHA.
The Absence of an old Mistress makes room for a new one--Therefore I have blotted her from my Fancy, like a Painter that strikes one form out of his Cloth, to lay in another.
ASP.
Sir, Consider, and don't run headlong thus to your own Destruction.
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
08/29/2005
Date of Review
11/24/2011
