"Let low-bred Minds be curb'd by Laws and Rules, / Our higher Spirit leaps the Bounds of Fools"
— Garrick, David (1717-1779)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Paul Vaillant
Date
1757
Metaphor
"Let low-bred Minds be curb'd by Laws and Rules, / Our higher Spirit leaps the Bounds of Fools"
Metaphor in Context
LORD FLIMNAP
Let low-bred Minds be curb'd by Laws and Rules,
Our higher Spirit leaps the Bounds of Fools;
No Law or Custom shall to us say nay;
We scorn Restriction--Vivè la Liberté.
Let low-bred Minds be curb'd by Laws and Rules,
Our higher Spirit leaps the Bounds of Fools;
No Law or Custom shall to us say nay;
We scorn Restriction--Vivè la Liberté.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "law" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed December 3, 1756. 2 entries in ESTC (1757).
See Lilliput. A Dramatic Entertainment. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1757). <Link to ESTC>
See Lilliput. A Dramatic Entertainment. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1757). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/25/2005
