"[A]ll the Faculties of my Soul and Body are her Slaves"
— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by S. Powell, for George Rish, George Ewing
Date
1715, 1727
Metaphor
"[A]ll the Faculties of my Soul and Body are her Slaves"
Metaphor in Context
HEART.
Oh by a thousand Symtoms; my Heart beats quick at her Name, I have her constantly before my Eyes, Fortune, Fame, Friendship, Honour, Women, are in less Value with me, when compar'd with her; all the Faculties of my Soul and Body are her Slaves; I cou'd live in a Cave everlastingly with her alone. I cou'd sight for her, I cou'd Dye for her, I cou'd Marry her.
Oh by a thousand Symtoms; my Heart beats quick at her Name, I have her constantly before my Eyes, Fortune, Fame, Friendship, Honour, Women, are in less Value with me, when compar'd with her; all the Faculties of my Soul and Body are her Slaves; I cou'd live in a Cave everlastingly with her alone. I cou'd sight for her, I cou'd Dye for her, I cou'd Marry her.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed February 4, 1715. At least 16 entries in the ESTC (1715, 1727, 1732, 1735, 1739, 1753, 1760, 1768, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1791, 1792, 1797, ). [Collected in Bell's British Theatre.]
See The Country Lasses; or, the Custom of the Manor. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Johnson. (London: Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear’s Head, over-against Catherine street in the Strand, 1715). <Link to ESTC>
See also The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres. Written by Mr. Johnson (Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Rish, George Ewing, 1727).
See The Country Lasses; or, the Custom of the Manor. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Johnson. (London: Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear’s Head, over-against Catherine street in the Strand, 1715). <Link to ESTC>
See also The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres. Written by Mr. Johnson (Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Rish, George Ewing, 1727).
Date of Entry
01/18/2006
