"But my father, in his heart, still has a mind to him, were it not for this woman they talk of."
— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Tonson
Date
1722
Metaphor
"But my father, in his heart, still has a mind to him, were it not for this woman they talk of."
Metaphor in Context
LUCINDA
Pshaw! I have a very great value for Mr. Bevil but have absolutely put an end to his pretensions in the letter I gave for him. But my father, in his heart, still has a mind to him, were it not for this woman they talk of. And I am apt to imagine he is married to her, or never designs to marry at all.
(Act III, scene i, p. 249)
Pshaw! I have a very great value for Mr. Bevil but have absolutely put an end to his pretensions in the letter I gave for him. But my father, in his heart, still has a mind to him, were it not for this woman they talk of. And I am apt to imagine he is married to her, or never designs to marry at all.
(Act III, scene i, p. 249)
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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
06/09/2009
