"If I wear a countenance of content, it is to shew that my mind holds no doubt of my Faulkland's truth."
— Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Wilkie [etc.]
Date
1775
Metaphor
"If I wear a countenance of content, it is to shew that my mind holds no doubt of my Faulkland's truth."
Metaphor in Context
FAULKLAND
They have no weight with me, Julia: no, no--I am happy if you have been so--yet only say, that you did not sing with mirth --say that you thought of Faulkland in the dance.
JULIA
I never can be happy in your absence.-- If I wear a countenance of content, it is to shew that my mind holds no doubt of my Faulkland's truth.--If I seem'd sad--it were to make malice triumph; and say, that I had fixed my heart on one, who left me to lament his roving, and my own credulity.--Believe me, Faulkland, I mean not to upbraid you, when I say, that I have often dressed sorrow in smiles, lest my friends should guess whose unkindness had caused my tears.
FAULKLAND
You were ever all goodness to me.--O, I am a brute, when I but admit a doubt of your true constancy!
(Act III, Scene ii)
They have no weight with me, Julia: no, no--I am happy if you have been so--yet only say, that you did not sing with mirth --say that you thought of Faulkland in the dance.
JULIA
I never can be happy in your absence.-- If I wear a countenance of content, it is to shew that my mind holds no doubt of my Faulkland's truth.--If I seem'd sad--it were to make malice triumph; and say, that I had fixed my heart on one, who left me to lament his roving, and my own credulity.--Believe me, Faulkland, I mean not to upbraid you, when I say, that I have often dressed sorrow in smiles, lest my friends should guess whose unkindness had caused my tears.
FAULKLAND
You were ever all goodness to me.--O, I am a brute, when I but admit a doubt of your true constancy!
(Act III, Scene ii)
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Citation
Sheridan, R. B. The Rivals, a Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London: John Wilkie [etc.], 1775.
Date of Entry
11/02/2003
Date of Review
12/03/2008
