"True worth alone can form the charm that binds, / And rivet beauty's chains upon the mind."
— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author, and sold by Mess. E. and C. Dilly
Date
March 5, 1772
Metaphor
"True worth alone can form the charm that binds, / And rivet beauty's chains upon the mind."
Metaphor in Context
COLONEL RAMSAY
If our modern marriages, Sir, were contracted upon the same principles I flatter myself ours is likely to be, a thorough love and esteem for each other, we should neither have so many libertine husbands, or faithless wives.
True worth alone can form the charm that binds,
And rivet beauty's chains upon the mind.
(Act V.v)
If our modern marriages, Sir, were contracted upon the same principles I flatter myself ours is likely to be, a thorough love and esteem for each other, we should neither have so many libertine husbands, or faithless wives.
True worth alone can form the charm that binds,
And rivet beauty's chains upon the mind.
(Act V.v)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Elizabeth Griffith, A Wife in the Right; A Comedy (London: Printed for the author, 1772). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/27/2011
