"I told you, Sir, I shou'd appear a Riddle to you: But if my Heart will give me leave, I'le now unloose your fetter'd Apprehension."
— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe
Date
1696
Metaphor
"I told you, Sir, I shou'd appear a Riddle to you: But if my Heart will give me leave, I'le now unloose your fetter'd Apprehension."
Metaphor in Context
AMANDA.
I told you, Sir, I shou'd appear a Riddle to you: But if my Heart will give me leave, I'le now unloose your fetter'd Apprehension--But I must first amaze you more--Pray, Sir, satisfy me in one particular--'tis this--What are your undissembled thoughts of Vertue? Now, if you can, shake off your loose Unthinking Part, and summon all your force of manly Reason to resolve me.
(V.i, p. 89)
I told you, Sir, I shou'd appear a Riddle to you: But if my Heart will give me leave, I'le now unloose your fetter'd Apprehension--But I must first amaze you more--Pray, Sir, satisfy me in one particular--'tis this--What are your undissembled thoughts of Vertue? Now, if you can, shake off your loose Unthinking Part, and summon all your force of manly Reason to resolve me.
(V.i, p. 89)
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
