"But let me give his m*****y a hint, / Fresh from my brain's prolific mint."
— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Kearsley
Date
1787
Metaphor
"But let me give his m*****y a hint, / Fresh from my brain's prolific mint."
Metaphor in Context
But let me give his m*****y a hint,
Fresh from my brain's prolific mint--
Suppose we Amateurs should, in a fury,
Just take it in our John-Bull heads to say
(And lo! 'tis very probable we may)--
'We will have oratorios at Drury?'
Fresh from my brain's prolific mint--
Suppose we Amateurs should, in a fury,
Just take it in our John-Bull heads to say
(And lo! 'tis very probable we may)--
'We will have oratorios at Drury?'
Categories
Provenance
Searching "brain" and "mint" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO.
Citation
At least 28 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1787, 1789, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795).
First appeared in Ode Upon Ode; or a Peep at St. James's or New-Year's Day; or What You Will. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to 2nd edition>
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Printed for Walker and Edwards, 1816).
First appeared in Ode Upon Ode; or a Peep at St. James's or New-Year's Day; or What You Will. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to 2nd edition>
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Printed for Walker and Edwards, 1816).
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
Date of Review
04/26/2007
