"The Man's Passion is now at the Top, and Things cannot long stand at the Top; it is an old Observation I have made, that when the Pot boils over, it cools it self:--But then the Fat's all in the Fire--Ay! that is not as it shou'd be--she shou'd encourage him a little, or the hot Fit will be over, and he'll degenerate into cool Reason again."
— 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
"The Man's Passion is now at the Top, and Things cannot long stand at the Top; it is an old Observation I have made, that when the Pot boils over, it cools it self:--But then the Fat's all in the Fire--Ay! that is not as it shou'd be--she shou'd encourage him a little, or the hot Fit will be over, and he'll degenerate into cool Reason again."
Metaphor in Context
MOTHER GRIFFIN.
So, now she shou'd begin to dissolve a little, there's an Art, in all Trades; in ours, it is the greatest part to know when to come on, and when to stand off: The Man's Passion is now at the Top, and Things cannot long stand at the Top; it is an old Observation I have made, that when the Pot boils over, it cools it self:--But then the Fat's all in the Fire--Ay! that is not as it shou'd be--she shou'd encourage him a little, or the hot Fit will be over, and he'll degenerate into cool Reason again.
(I, pp. 13-14)
So, now she shou'd begin to dissolve a little, there's an Art, in all Trades; in ours, it is the greatest part to know when to come on, and when to stand off: The Man's Passion is now at the Top, and Things cannot long stand at the Top; it is an old Observation I have made, that when the Pot boils over, it cools it self:--But then the Fat's all in the Fire--Ay! that is not as it shou'd be--she shou'd encourage him a little, or the hot Fit will be over, and he'll degenerate into cool Reason again.
(I, pp. 13-14)
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
