Prejudices "are like old Wounds! when the weather changes they still smart"
— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Phillips
Date
1798
Metaphor
Prejudices "are like old Wounds! when the weather changes they still smart"
Metaphor in Context
PASTOR.
Is the suit now decided?--is your conscience easy?
BARON.
Completely so--I wish only that the first interview were over. I feel the same shame in appearing before her whom I have injured, as a thief before the man he has robbed.
PASTOR.
Be calm!--Wilhelmina's heart is your judge.
BARON.
And then--Wherefore should I not confess it? prejudices are like old Wounds! when the weather changes they still smart.--I--I cannot help feeling somewhat ashamed when I think that all must be known to my daughter--to the count--to all my domestics. I would it were already over--till it is, I will not see Wilhelmina, that when we meet, nothing may remain but joy --but transport!--Frank!
Is the suit now decided?--is your conscience easy?
BARON.
Completely so--I wish only that the first interview were over. I feel the same shame in appearing before her whom I have injured, as a thief before the man he has robbed.
PASTOR.
Be calm!--Wilhelmina's heart is your judge.
BARON.
And then--Wherefore should I not confess it? prejudices are like old Wounds! when the weather changes they still smart.--I--I cannot help feeling somewhat ashamed when I think that all must be known to my daughter--to the count--to all my domestics. I would it were already over--till it is, I will not see Wilhelmina, that when we meet, nothing may remain but joy --but transport!--Frank!
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1798).
The Natural Son; a Play, in Five Acts, by Augustus Von Kotzebue ... Being the Original of Lovers' Vows, Now Performing, With Universal Applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Translated from the German by Anne Plumptre ... Who Has Prefixed a Preface, Explaining the Alterations in the Representation; and Has Also Annexed a Life of Kotzebue., 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1798).
The Natural Son; a Play, in Five Acts, by Augustus Von Kotzebue ... Being the Original of Lovers' Vows, Now Performing, With Universal Applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Translated from the German by Anne Plumptre ... Who Has Prefixed a Preface, Explaining the Alterations in the Representation; and Has Also Annexed a Life of Kotzebue., 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1798).
Date of Entry
11/15/2004
