"Fy! you are horrid people! we lacerate our bodies; you, your souls.---We believe that the scars on our faces add to our beauty; you consider your vices as ornaments."
— Anonymous; Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies
Date
1796
Metaphor
"Fy! you are horrid people! we lacerate our bodies; you, your souls.---We believe that the scars on our faces add to our beauty; you consider your vices as ornaments."
Metaphor in Context
LILLI
Hear'st thou--Poor Ada! Look at her. Is she not beautiful as the flower Gloriosa? and she is still more good than beautiful.--—Fy! you are horrid people! we lacerate our bodies; you, your souls.---We believe that the scars on our faces add to our beauty; you consider your vices as ornaments.---Which ought to reprove the other?
(I.vii, p. 40)
Hear'st thou--Poor Ada! Look at her. Is she not beautiful as the flower Gloriosa? and she is still more good than beautiful.--—Fy! you are horrid people! we lacerate our bodies; you, your souls.---We believe that the scars on our faces add to our beauty; you consider your vices as ornaments.---Which ought to reprove the other?
(I.vii, p. 40)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
A.F. Ferdinand von Kotzebue, The Negro Slaves, a Dramatic-Historical Piece, in Three Acts Trans. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1796). <Link to ECCO><Link to incomplete copy in Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/27/2011
