"As for the pretty little Virtues of Comity and Urbanity, this furnishes you to a miracle, for have you a mind to divert either your self or Friend with the most pleasant and agreeable entertainment, a Mans Jaws must be made of Iron, and fastn'd as close to one another, as if 'twere done with the Pins of a Shop-window, if what's here enclosed, don't now and then wrench 'em asunder, and discover not only the Teeth in his Head, but the very grin of his Soul; and such an Intellectual Tehe, as will force the very Heart to be--it self for Joy, and the Blood flow out at such an immoderate rate, as 't wou'd be almost impossible to hold fast any thing else."
— Dunton, John (1659-1732)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Newcome
Date
1691
Metaphor
"As for the pretty little Virtues of Comity and Urbanity, this furnishes you to a miracle, for have you a mind to divert either your self or Friend with the most pleasant and agreeable entertainment, a Mans Jaws must be made of Iron, and fastn'd as close to one another, as if 'twere done with the Pins of a Shop-window, if what's here enclosed, don't now and then wrench 'em asunder, and discover not only the Teeth in his Head, but the very grin of his Soul; and such an Intellectual Tehe, as will force the very Heart to be--it self for Joy, and the Blood flow out at such an immoderate rate, as 't wou'd be almost impossible to hold fast any thing else."
Metaphor in Context
As for the pretty little Virtues of Comity and Urbanity, this furnishes you to a miracle, for have you a mind to divert either your self or Friend with the most pleasant and agreeable entertainment, a Mans Jaws must be made of Iron, and fastn'd as close to one another, as if 'twere done with the Pins of a Shop-window, if what's here enclosed, don't now and then wrench 'em asunder, and discover not only the Teeth in his Head, but the very grin of his Soul; and such an Intellectual Tehe, as will force the very Heart to be--it self for Joy, and the Blood flow out at such an immoderate rate, as 't wou'd be almost impossible to hold fast any thing else. Tho' o' the other side he'll meet with passages, that tho' they mayn't spoil, will yet temper his Mirth, and as the Egyptians had (and they were cunning old Fellows) a Deaths-head in the midst of his Dainties.
(I, pp. 5-6)
(I, pp. 5-6)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
John Dunton, A Voyage Round the World: or, a Pocket-Library, Divided into several Volumes. The First of which contains the Rare Adventures of Don Kainophilus, From his Cradle to his 15th. Year. The like Discoveries in such a Method never made by any Rambler before. The whole Work intermixt with Essays, Historical, Moral and Divine; and all other kinds of Learning. Done into English by a Lover of Travels. Recommended by the Wits of both Universities. 3 vols. (London: Printed for Richard Newcome, 1691). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
06/18/2013
