"The disappointed advocate, finding she had so unexpected a support, on cooler thoughts descended to a composition, which I, without her knowledge, secretly discharged."
— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Tonson
Date
1722
Metaphor
"The disappointed advocate, finding she had so unexpected a support, on cooler thoughts descended to a composition, which I, without her knowledge, secretly discharged."
Metaphor in Context
HUMPHREY
'Twas Providence indeed. But pray, sir, after all this trouble, how came this lady at last to England?
BEVIL JUNIOR
The disappointed advocate, finding she had so unexpected a support, on cooler thoughts descended to a composition, which I, without her knowledge, secretly discharged.
HUMPHREY
That generous concealment made the obligation double.
BEVIL JUNIOR
Having thus obtained her liberty, I prevailed, not without some difficulty, to see her safe to England; where no sooner arrived, but my father, jealous of my being imprudently engaged, immediately proposed this other fatal match that hangs upon my quiet.
(I.ii, p. 235)
'Twas Providence indeed. But pray, sir, after all this trouble, how came this lady at last to England?
BEVIL JUNIOR
The disappointed advocate, finding she had so unexpected a support, on cooler thoughts descended to a composition, which I, without her knowledge, secretly discharged.
HUMPHREY
That generous concealment made the obligation double.
BEVIL JUNIOR
Having thus obtained her liberty, I prevailed, not without some difficulty, to see her safe to England; where no sooner arrived, but my father, jealous of my being imprudently engaged, immediately proposed this other fatal match that hangs upon my quiet.
(I.ii, p. 235)
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Citation
First performed November, 1722. At least 87 entries in ESTC (1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1729, 1730, 1732, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747, 1751, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1782, 1785, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1794).
Text from The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Richard Steele (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723).
Reading in Scott McMillin's Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. (New York: Norton, 1973).
Text from The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Richard Steele (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723).
Reading in Scott McMillin's Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. (New York: Norton, 1973).
Date of Entry
07/22/2003
Date of Review
03/26/2011
