"[H]e did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino"
— Reynolds, Frederick (1764-1841)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by A. Strahan ... For T. N. Longman and O. Rees [etc.]
Date
1802
Metaphor
"[H]e did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino"
Metaphor in Context
SHENKIN.
Iss--and there I did mistake.--You do know, we did always fear he wou'dn't stop with the pippins; and so, when he did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino--and so I did tell him: but come, he have ordered supper for us also-- and the next time we do want eleven pounds, this little gentleman
(kissing watch)
will pay it three times over mother.
(singing)
Iss--and there I did mistake.--You do know, we did always fear he wou'dn't stop with the pippins; and so, when he did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino--and so I did tell him: but come, he have ordered supper for us also-- and the next time we do want eleven pounds, this little gentleman
(kissing watch)
will pay it three times over mother.
(singing)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "brain" and "coin" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
