"Not the most tempting Charms of Wit, or Worth, / Most graceful Forms, or dazling Shew of Greatness, / Can make Impression on a Mind like her's"
— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1723, 1740
Metaphor
"Not the most tempting Charms of Wit, or Worth, / Most graceful Forms, or dazling Shew of Greatness, / Can make Impression on a Mind like her's"
Metaphor in Context
BRUTUS
Why you have drawn a Picture, my young Varius,
Like any Poet, nay, like any Lover.
What, does that Word draw forth a guilty Blush?
Be not alarm'd, no more than I am, Varius;
Junia's strict Virtue, and known Love to Cassius,
Fully prevent my Fears, unless for you;
Whose Father's wond'rous Merit, and your own,
Give me a soft Concern, as for a Son.
She is above your very vainest Hopes:
Not the most tempting Charms of Wit, or Worth,
Most graceful Forms, or dazling Shew of Greatness,
Can make Impression on a Mind like her's;
Who, tho' my Sister, forces Praises from me.
Why you have drawn a Picture, my young Varius,
Like any Poet, nay, like any Lover.
What, does that Word draw forth a guilty Blush?
Be not alarm'd, no more than I am, Varius;
Junia's strict Virtue, and known Love to Cassius,
Fully prevent my Fears, unless for you;
Whose Father's wond'rous Merit, and your own,
Give me a soft Concern, as for a Son.
She is above your very vainest Hopes:
Not the most tempting Charms of Wit, or Worth,
Most graceful Forms, or dazling Shew of Greatness,
Can make Impression on a Mind like her's;
Who, tho' my Sister, forces Praises from me.
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Provenance
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Citation
Searching, over 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1723, 1726, 1729, 1740, 1751, 1752, 1753).
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
See also The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the Prologue & the Two Last Chorus's Written by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham. (London: Printed for the Company, [1726?]). <Link to ESTC>
Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
See also The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the Prologue & the Two Last Chorus's Written by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham. (London: Printed for the Company, [1726?]). <Link to ESTC>
Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/15/2005
