"A country is only a family on a larger scale; and transient, indeed, must that unanimity be, when inclination is law, and the various passions of the mind are suffer'd to run riot"
— West, Matthew (d. 1814); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Roach
Date
1799
Metaphor
"A country is only a family on a larger scale; and transient, indeed, must that unanimity be, when inclination is law, and the various passions of the mind are suffer'd to run riot"
Metaphor in Context
ORO.
Since then it has been decreed that our king shall not again risk his life in battle--for if we lose him, the noble structure on which our tranquility is built would founder--a better king we cannot have-- to have as good a one is but a chanc. --and until that chance is made certain, jealousy, intemperance, cabal, and faction, would disunite the whole, and make our people wretched. To preserve order, each family must have a ruler. A country is only a family on a larger scale; and transient, indeed, must that unanimity be, when inclination is law, and the various passions of the mind are suffer'd to run riot.
Since then it has been decreed that our king shall not again risk his life in battle--for if we lose him, the noble structure on which our tranquility is built would founder--a better king we cannot have-- to have as good a one is but a chanc. --and until that chance is made certain, jealousy, intemperance, cabal, and faction, would disunite the whole, and make our people wretched. To preserve order, each family must have a ruler. A country is only a family on a larger scale; and transient, indeed, must that unanimity be, when inclination is law, and the various passions of the mind are suffer'd to run riot.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in 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
04/25/2005
