"'Twas this House which was pitched upon for the Ball; and what place so fit for Dancing and innocent Mirth, as a spacious Hall, whose Building, Size, and Furniture, altogether rustical, imprinted such lively Idea's of Country Freedom, and Country Innocence."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Bentley
Date
1693
Metaphor
"'Twas this House which was pitched upon for the Ball; and what place so fit for Dancing and innocent Mirth, as a spacious Hall, whose Building, Size, and Furniture, altogether rustical, imprinted such lively Idea's of Country Freedom, and Country Innocence."
Metaphor in Context
On one side of the Town stood a large Country House, which though not built after the Dorick Order, or the exacter neatness of Courtly Lodgings, yet its largeness gave liberty to guess at the Magnificence and Hospitality of the Owner: It belonged to the Great Moracho, famous all over the Kingdom for his Riches, particularly in his flocks of Sheep, as numerous as those of the mighty Scythian , whose Son was the Terror of the World; or that Rich Man of the East, whom the Turkish Chronicles make Steward to Alexander the Great: All his Ground, far and near, was thick covered with his fleecy Wealth: You would have thought by their bleatings that you were in Arcadia , and Shepherdism coming in fashion again: 'Twas this House which was pitched upon for the Ball; and what place so fit for Dancing and innocent Mirth, as a spacious Hall, whose Building, Size, and Furniture, altogether rustical, imprinted such lively Idea's of Country Freedom, and Country Innocence: Hither Celadon conducted our Prince and his Martial Company; their Musick was as good as the Town could afford, and their Reception suitable to the Riches and Hospitality of him that entertain'd them.
(pp. 17-18)
(pp. 17-18)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Vertue Rewarded; or, the Irish Princess. A New Novel (London: Printed for R. Bentley, 1693)
Date of Entry
06/17/2013
