"When ease and tranquillity have concluded peace in the cabinet of the mind, the rebellious subjects lay down their arms of their own accord."
— Ludger, Conrad (b. 1748)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for James Ridgeway
Publisher
London
Date
1799
Metaphor
"When ease and tranquillity have concluded peace in the cabinet of the mind, the rebellious subjects lay down their arms of their own accord."
Metaphor in Context
FRANK.
Welcome, dear Doctor.
(Pointing at his feet.)
The enemy holds out bravely yet.
BLUM.
We will make peace with him.
FRANK.
Could we but come to an amnesty meanwhile.
BLUM.
When ease and tranquillity have concluded peace in the cabinet of the mind, the rebellious subjects lay down their arms of their own accord.
EYT.
There's a physician for you, that cures people with sentences.
Welcome, dear Doctor.
(Pointing at his feet.)
The enemy holds out bravely yet.
BLUM.
We will make peace with him.
FRANK.
Could we but come to an amnesty meanwhile.
BLUM.
When ease and tranquillity have concluded peace in the cabinet of the mind, the rebellious subjects lay down their arms of their own accord.
EYT.
There's a physician for you, that cures people with sentences.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "cabinet" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
4 entries in the ESTC (1799, 1800).
See The Reconciliation: A Comedy, in Five Acts. Now under Representation at the Theatre Royal, Vienna, with unbounded Applause. Translated from the German of Augustus von Kotzebue. (London: Printed for James Ridgeway, 1799). <Link to ECCO>
See The Reconciliation: A Comedy, in Five Acts. Now under Representation at the Theatre Royal, Vienna, with unbounded Applause. Translated from the German of Augustus von Kotzebue. (London: Printed for James Ridgeway, 1799). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/08/2005
