"Look you, Sir, my Reason weighs this Injury, which is so light, it will not raise my Anger in the other Scale."
— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe
Date
1696
Metaphor
"Look you, Sir, my Reason weighs this Injury, which is so light, it will not raise my Anger in the other Scale."
Metaphor in Context
SIR WILL.
Look you, Sir, my Reason weighs this Injury, which is so light, it will not raise my Anger in the other Scale.
(IV.i, p. 66)
Look you, Sir, my Reason weighs this Injury, which is so light, it will not raise my Anger in the other Scale.
(IV.i, p. 66)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Loves Last Shift; or The Fool in Fashion. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's Servants. Written by C. Cibber (London: Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe,1696). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/08/2013
