"There are occupations in the world, which mould a man into a certain form for life, like a piece of paper which has once been folded, its marks are never obliterated."
— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Printed for the authour, and sold by J. Deighbon, and J. Nicholson; also by W. H. Lunn
Date
1798
Metaphor
"There are occupations in the world, which mould a man into a certain form for life, like a piece of paper which has once been folded, its marks are never obliterated."
Metaphor in Context
STEPANOFF.
An excellent fellow this Wasili! There are occupations in the world, which mould a man into a certain form for life, like a piece of paper which has once been folded, its marks are never obliterated. Does not one discover at the first sight, that this man has been a page of the bed-chamber? He announces those that arrive, he conducts them when they depart, he busies himself in carrying news, he knows how to set out a table, he is as idle as a fat lap-dog, and the inside of his head is like a woman's work-basket.
An excellent fellow this Wasili! There are occupations in the world, which mould a man into a certain form for life, like a piece of paper which has once been folded, its marks are never obliterated. Does not one discover at the first sight, that this man has been a page of the bed-chamber? He announces those that arrive, he conducts them when they depart, he busies himself in carrying news, he knows how to set out a table, he is as idle as a fat lap-dog, and the inside of his head is like a woman's work-basket.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Second edition in Google Books: Count Benyowsky, or the Conspiracy of Kamtschatka. A Tragi-Comedy, in Five Acts, Translated from the German, by the Rev. W. Render, 2nd ed. (London: W. J. and J. Richardson, 1798). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
08/10/2005
