"Once love gets into a man's head, poor reason is brought before a court-martial of the passions, and cashiered without a hearing"
— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Bowen
Date
1780
Metaphor
"Once love gets into a man's head, poor reason is brought before a court-martial of the passions, and cashiered without a hearing"
Metaphor in Context
MEADOWS.
And do you think she'll listen to me?
CANTEEN.
I'm sure of it, Sir; I'd stake my life to a cartouch box, that your letters from camp have been intercepted, and some damn'd story trump'd up by that old villain her guardian, to make her marry his own son.
MEADOWS.
It must be so, my Sophia otherwise could never have forgot me.
CANTEEN.
It must be so! Lord, Sir, if you were not so much in love, it would appear to you as plain as a pike-staff; but when once love gets into a man's head, poor reason is brought before a court- martial of the passions, and cashiered without a hearing.
MEADOWS.
But it will be necessary to apprise Sophia of this, if I can by any means convey a letter to her.
CANTEEN.
A light breaks in upon me; I met a little flower girl standing at the inn-door, as fresh, and as blooming as the sweetest rose in her basket-- Don't you imagine a letter may be conveyed by her into the garrison?
And do you think she'll listen to me?
CANTEEN.
I'm sure of it, Sir; I'd stake my life to a cartouch box, that your letters from camp have been intercepted, and some damn'd story trump'd up by that old villain her guardian, to make her marry his own son.
MEADOWS.
It must be so, my Sophia otherwise could never have forgot me.
CANTEEN.
It must be so! Lord, Sir, if you were not so much in love, it would appear to you as plain as a pike-staff; but when once love gets into a man's head, poor reason is brought before a court- martial of the passions, and cashiered without a hearing.
MEADOWS.
But it will be necessary to apprise Sophia of this, if I can by any means convey a letter to her.
CANTEEN.
A light breaks in upon me; I met a little flower girl standing at the inn-door, as fresh, and as blooming as the sweetest rose in her basket-- Don't you imagine a letter may be conveyed by her into the garrison?
Categories
Provenance
Searching court and reason in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed February 2, 1780. At least 3 entries in the ESTC (1780, 1781, 1793)
See The Deaf Lover, a Farce in Two Acts; As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Written by F. Pilon. (London: Printed for J. Bowen, corner of Beaufort Buildings, in the Strand, 1780). <Link to ESTC>
See The Deaf Lover, a Farce in Two Acts; As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Written by F. Pilon. (London: Printed for J. Bowen, corner of Beaufort Buildings, in the Strand, 1780). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
11/10/2004
