"Why is the countenance made a mask for the soul, when it should be a mirror, in which every eye might behold the true features of the mind, in the deformity of vice, or the loveliness of virtue!"
— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Almon
Date
May 18, 1782, 1785
Metaphor
"Why is the countenance made a mask for the soul, when it should be a mirror, in which every eye might behold the true features of the mind, in the deformity of vice, or the loveliness of virtue!"
Metaphor in Context
ANG.
Oh, that every heart was like mine, a stranger to dissimulation! Why is the countenance made a mask for the soul, when it should be a mirror, in which every eye might behold the true features of the mind, in the deformity of vice, or the loveliness of virtue!
(III.iii, p. 62)
Oh, that every heart was like mine, a stranger to dissimulation! Why is the countenance made a mask for the soul, when it should be a mirror, in which every eye might behold the true features of the mind, in the deformity of vice, or the loveliness of virtue!
(III.iii, p. 62)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mirror" and "soul" in HDIS (Drama); found again searching in ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1782, 1785).
The Fair American: a Comic Opera, in Three Acts; as it is Performed, with Universal Applause, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Written by F. Pilon. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lord Camden (London: Printed by J. Almon, 1785). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
The Fair American: a Comic Opera, in Three Acts; as it is Performed, with Universal Applause, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Written by F. Pilon. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lord Camden (London: Printed by J. Almon, 1785). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Theme
Physiognomy
Date of Entry
11/30/2005
