"Yes, Speech is Animi Index, & Speculum; 'tis the Interpreter of the Heart, 'tis the Image of the Soul."
— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller James (1706-1744); Molière (1622-1673)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by and for John Watts
Date
1739
Metaphor
"Yes, Speech is Animi Index, & Speculum; 'tis the Interpreter of the Heart, 'tis the Image of the Soul."
Metaphor in Context
PANCRATIUS
within the House.]
Yes, Speech is Animi Index, & Speculum; 'tis the Interpreter of the Heart, 'tis the Image of the Soul.
[Pancratius gets up to the Window, and goes on.]
'Tis a Mirror that plainly represents to us the most hidden Secrets of us Individuals. Then since you have the Faculty of Ratiocinating and talking both together, how comes it you don't make use of Speech to make me understand your Thoughts? (p. 38)
within the House.]
Yes, Speech is Animi Index, & Speculum; 'tis the Interpreter of the Heart, 'tis the Image of the Soul.
[Pancratius gets up to the Window, and goes on.]
'Tis a Mirror that plainly represents to us the most hidden Secrets of us Individuals. Then since you have the Faculty of Ratiocinating and talking both together, how comes it you don't make use of Speech to make me understand your Thoughts? (p. 38)
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama); found again "speculum" and "heart" in LION
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).
Text from The Works of Moliere, French and English. In ten volumes, trans. Henry Baker and James Miller (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Moliere, French and English. In ten volumes, trans. Henry Baker and James Miller (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
