"Of what Use is Reason then? Why, of the Use that a Window is to a Man in a Prison, to let him see the Horrors he is confined in; but lends him no Assistance to his Escape"
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1743
Metaphor
"Of what Use is Reason then? Why, of the Use that a Window is to a Man in a Prison, to let him see the Horrors he is confined in; but lends him no Assistance to his Escape"
Metaphor in Context
HEART.
There goes an Instance of the great Power our Reason hath over our Passions. But hold,-- Why should I seek Instances abroad, who have so sufficient an Example in my own Breast--Where had Reason the Dominion, I should have long since expell'd the little Tyrant, who hath made such Ravage there--Of what Use is Reason then? Why, of the Use that a Window is to a Man in a Prison, to let him see the Horrors he is confined in; but lends him no Assistance to his Escape.
There goes an Instance of the great Power our Reason hath over our Passions. But hold,-- Why should I seek Instances abroad, who have so sufficient an Example in my own Breast--Where had Reason the Dominion, I should have long since expell'd the little Tyrant, who hath made such Ravage there--Of what Use is Reason then? Why, of the Use that a Window is to a Man in a Prison, to let him see the Horrors he is confined in; but lends him no Assistance to his Escape.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "window" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
2 entries in the ESTC (1743).
The Wedding-Day. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. By Henry Fielding. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1743). <Link to ECCO>
The Wedding-Day. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. By Henry Fielding. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1743). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
