"Ay: ay: this is none of your modern paper skull'd authors--old Geoffery's head is sound"
— Reynolds, Frederick (1764-1841)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. N. Longman [etc.]
Date
1796
Metaphor
"Ay: ay: this is none of your modern paper skull'd authors--old Geoffery's head is sound"
Metaphor in Context
AP-HAZARD
(The bust still in his hand).
I defy Fortune now--
(aside to Miss.)
--What poetry flowed from this mouth!--What genius flash'd from these eyes!--What fancy revel'd in this brain! --Ay: ay: this is none of your modern paper skull'd authors--old Geoffery's head is sound-- sound as--
(here he lets his hand fall-on the head, and part of it breaks to pieces)
--damnation!--what's to pay?
(The bust still in his hand).
I defy Fortune now--
(aside to Miss.)
--What poetry flowed from this mouth!--What genius flash'd from these eyes!--What fancy revel'd in this brain! --Ay: ay: this is none of your modern paper skull'd authors--old Geoffery's head is sound-- sound as--
(here he lets his hand fall-on the head, and part of it breaks to pieces)
--damnation!--what's to pay?
Categories
Provenance
Searching "paper" and brain" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
