"The countenance, to attract the heart of a worthy man, must be the mirror of an unsullied mind."
— Papendick, George (fl. 1798)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for F. Wingrave
Date
1798
Metaphor
"The countenance, to attract the heart of a worthy man, must be the mirror of an unsullied mind."
Metaphor in Context
EULALIA
Indeed, Countess, you make me blush. I will not, however, play the prude. There was a time, I own, when I fancied myself handsome; but grief has destroyed the bloom that flattered me. The sweetest charms that can o'erspread the female face must take their rise in a guiltless heart; the countenance, to attract the heart of a worthy man, must be the mirror of an unsullied mind.
Indeed, Countess, you make me blush. I will not, however, play the prude. There was a time, I own, when I fancied myself handsome; but grief has destroyed the bloom that flattered me. The sweetest charms that can o'erspread the female face must take their rise in a guiltless heart; the countenance, to attract the heart of a worthy man, must be the mirror of an unsullied mind.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mirror" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
6 entries in the ESTC (1798, 1799).
See George Papendick, trans. The Stranger; or Misanthropy and Repentance: A Drama in Five Acts. Faithfully translated, Entire, from the German of Augustus von Kotzebue (London: Printed for F. Wingrave, 1798). <Link to ECCO>
See George Papendick, trans. The Stranger; or Misanthropy and Repentance: A Drama in Five Acts. Faithfully translated, Entire, from the German of Augustus von Kotzebue (London: Printed for F. Wingrave, 1798). <Link to ECCO>
Theme
Physiognomy
Date of Entry
11/30/2005
