"Beauteous Creature! while I behold you, Thoughts crowd on Thoughts, and even obstruct the little Eloquence that I am Master of"
— Cibber, Theophilus (1703-1758)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts [etc.]
Date
1730
Metaphor
"Beauteous Creature! while I behold you, Thoughts crowd on Thoughts, and even obstruct the little Eloquence that I am Master of"
Metaphor in Context
EUG.
By believing what I have said sincere. Beauteous Creature! while I behold you, Thoughts crowd on Thoughts, and even obstruct the little Eloquence that I am Master of. But as I may want Rhetorick to paint my Passion artfully, oh let my plain Simplicity of Heart plead for me, and sue, if possible, for some yet more kind Return, than bare Regard for all my Sufferings.--Ask I too much? if so, be free and tell me, and by Heav'n whatever Fate may have in store for me, the Purchace of your Peace shall be my only Care.--My Life and Fortune I would set at nought to accomplish any Wish your Mind can form. 'Tis for your Sake alone, I have preserv'd the one, and improv'd the other;--nor are they of any farther Use to me, but while they can be employed in your Service.--Thus have I honestly declared my Heart, nor claim I any Merit but from Truth.
By believing what I have said sincere. Beauteous Creature! while I behold you, Thoughts crowd on Thoughts, and even obstruct the little Eloquence that I am Master of. But as I may want Rhetorick to paint my Passion artfully, oh let my plain Simplicity of Heart plead for me, and sue, if possible, for some yet more kind Return, than bare Regard for all my Sufferings.--Ask I too much? if so, be free and tell me, and by Heav'n whatever Fate may have in store for me, the Purchace of your Peace shall be my only Care.--My Life and Fortune I would set at nought to accomplish any Wish your Mind can form. 'Tis for your Sake alone, I have preserv'd the one, and improv'd the other;--nor are they of any farther Use to me, but while they can be employed in your Service.--Thus have I honestly declared my Heart, nor claim I any Merit but from Truth.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "crowd" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
