"None! You cannot wash my face white, or I his conscience."
— Anonymous; Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies
Date
1796
Metaphor
"None! You cannot wash my face white, or I his conscience."
Metaphor in Context
ADA
None! You cannot wash my face white, or I his conscience. This is over. No floods of tears can efface a letter in the book of destiny. Necessity produces tranquillity. I am tranquil.--My future days were in a mist, I shuddered; the mist dispersed and I smiled, for Death walked forth from the cloud.
(III.vi, p. 123)
None! You cannot wash my face white, or I his conscience. This is over. No floods of tears can efface a letter in the book of destiny. Necessity produces tranquillity. I am tranquil.--My future days were in a mist, I shuddered; the mist dispersed and I smiled, for Death walked forth from the cloud.
(III.vi, p. 123)
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
