"[Y]our Heart is like a Coffee-House, where the Beaus frisk in and out, one after another; and you are as little the worse for them, as the other is the better"
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts
Date
1730
Metaphor
"[Y]our Heart is like a Coffee-House, where the Beaus frisk in and out, one after another; and you are as little the worse for them, as the other is the better"
Metaphor in Context
L. GRA.
That you are not restrain'd from unlawful Pleasures, by the Love of Virtue, but Variety; and that your Husband is not safe, from having no Rival, but from having a great many; for your Heart is like a Coffee-House, where the Beaus frisk in and out, one after another; and you are as little the worse for them, as the other is the better; for one Lover, like one Poyson, is your Antidote against another.
That you are not restrain'd from unlawful Pleasures, by the Love of Virtue, but Variety; and that your Husband is not safe, from having no Rival, but from having a great many; for your Heart is like a Coffee-House, where the Beaus frisk in and out, one after another; and you are as little the worse for them, as the other is the better; for one Lover, like one Poyson, is your Antidote against another.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed January 26, 1730. 2 entries in ESTC (1730).
The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields. Written by Mr. Fielding. (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1730). <Link to ESTC>
The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields. Written by Mr. Fielding. (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1730). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/06/2006
