"Reason's Efforts are vain, I am my Passion's Slave, and cannot quit this scornful Woman."
— Bullock, Christopher (bap. 1690, d. 1722)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Curll, and J. Pemberton, and J. Brown, and W. Mears
Date
1715
Metaphor
"Reason's Efforts are vain, I am my Passion's Slave, and cannot quit this scornful Woman."
Metaphor in Context
BEVIL.
Reason's Efforts are vain, I am my Passion's Slave, and cannot quit this scornful Woman: Alas, Corinna, why dost thou waste those precious Drops in Memory of a false ungrateful Man? Sorrow will fade the rosy Tincture in thy Cheeks, and blast thy springing Beauties: He saw thee not who left thee, such Charms cou'd not be seen, and slighted; uplift thy Eyes, and see in me, a Man that dotes upon thee; Oh, I am all Faith, all Constancy!
(I, p. 13)
Reason's Efforts are vain, I am my Passion's Slave, and cannot quit this scornful Woman: Alas, Corinna, why dost thou waste those precious Drops in Memory of a false ungrateful Man? Sorrow will fade the rosy Tincture in thy Cheeks, and blast thy springing Beauties: He saw thee not who left thee, such Charms cou'd not be seen, and slighted; uplift thy Eyes, and see in me, a Man that dotes upon thee; Oh, I am all Faith, all Constancy!
(I, p. 13)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Seven entries in ESTC (1715, 1728, 1735, 1758).
A Woman's Revenge: or, A Match in Newgate. A Comedy. As it is Acted At the New Theatre In Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By Mr. Bullock. (London Printed for E. Curll, and J. Pemberton, and J. Brown, and W. Mears,1715). <Link to ECCO>
A Woman's Revenge: or, A Match in Newgate. A Comedy. As it is Acted At the New Theatre In Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By Mr. Bullock. (London Printed for E. Curll, and J. Pemberton, and J. Brown, and W. Mears,1715). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/24/2013
