"Whilst the human heart remains without a glass window, nobody should say--that is mean; for God alone scrutinizes the heart"
— Ludger, Conrad (b. 1748)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for James Ridgeway
Publisher
London
Date
1799
Metaphor
"Whilst the human heart remains without a glass window, nobody should say--that is mean; for God alone scrutinizes the heart"
Metaphor in Context
CHARL.
He always reflects on our good doctor; that is very mean.
PHIL.
Fie, Charlotte! Condemn no man.-- Whilst the human heart remains without a glass window, nobody should say--that is mean; for God alone scrutinizes the heart. Eyterborn is an honest man; but he is a man. The doctor has encroached upon his profession, and that has vexed him
CHARL.
But I would lay a wager, that if Eyterborn cure a patient, the doctor would be delighted with it; and consequently he must be a better man.
He always reflects on our good doctor; that is very mean.
PHIL.
Fie, Charlotte! Condemn no man.-- Whilst the human heart remains without a glass window, nobody should say--that is mean; for God alone scrutinizes the heart. Eyterborn is an honest man; but he is a man. The doctor has encroached upon his profession, and that has vexed him
CHARL.
But I would lay a wager, that if Eyterborn cure a patient, the doctor would be delighted with it; and consequently he must be a better man.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "window" 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>
Theme
Momus Glass
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
