"Thou enviest the sovereignty Pizarro holds over my heart; but be assured, you never shall reign there."
— West, Matthew (d. 1814); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Roach
Date
1799
Metaphor
"Thou enviest the sovereignty Pizarro holds over my heart; but be assured, you never shall reign there."
Metaphor in Context
ELV.
Ah! Valverde, you are wrong--miserably wrong. Thus we ever deceive ourselves, and mislead others.--The heart and the mind are prejudiced judges, ever at war with consistency and truth; they recoil with indignation from the smallest speck on another's conduct, yet pass with exultation over the mountain that darkens their own. Thou enviest the sovereignty Pizarro holds over my heart; but be assured, you never shall reign there.--Hark! my heart's idol comes --the shouts of rejoicing rend the air--my hero is victorious, and ere long I shall be Queen of Quito.
(I.iii)
Ah! Valverde, you are wrong--miserably wrong. Thus we ever deceive ourselves, and mislead others.--The heart and the mind are prejudiced judges, ever at war with consistency and truth; they recoil with indignation from the smallest speck on another's conduct, yet pass with exultation over the mountain that darkens their own. Thou enviest the sovereignty Pizarro holds over my heart; but be assured, you never shall reign there.--Hark! my heart's idol comes --the shouts of rejoicing rend the air--my hero is victorious, and ere long I shall be Queen of Quito.
(I.iii)
Categories
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1799).
Pizarro; a Tragedy, in Five Acts: Differing Widely from All Other Pizarro's in Respect of Characters, Sentiments, Language, Incidents, and Catastrophe, by a North-Briton. (London: Printed by J. Roach, Russel-Court, Drury-Lane, and sold by T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, 1799). <Link to ESTC>
Pizarro; a Tragedy, in Five Acts: Differing Widely from All Other Pizarro's in Respect of Characters, Sentiments, Language, Incidents, and Catastrophe, by a North-Briton. (London: Printed by J. Roach, Russel-Court, Drury-Lane, and sold by T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, 1799). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
10/14/2004
