"Give me that solid one; I hate your thin and unsubstantial Soul, that every small Assault of Fortune breaks through, and makes ridiculous Mirth, or Sorrow; give me a Soul, a Humour that's in Grain, not one that fades like Colours in the Sun, and changes like your Cheeks; now Pale, now Red, and tells the World the Secrets of your Heart."
— 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
"Give me that solid one; I hate your thin and unsubstantial Soul, that every small Assault of Fortune breaks through, and makes ridiculous Mirth, or Sorrow; give me a Soul, a Humour that's in Grain, not one that fades like Colours in the Sun, and changes like your Cheeks; now Pale, now Red, and tells the World the Secrets of your Heart."
Metaphor in Context
MIRANDA.
Call you that Brutal? Give me that solid one; I hate your thin and unsubstantial Soul, that every small Assault of Fortune breaks through, and makes ridiculous Mirth, or Sorrow; give me a Soul, a Humour that's in Grain, not one that fades like Colours in the Sun, and changes like your Cheeks; now Pale, now Red, and tells the World the Secrets of your Heart: But, I must confess, I'm griev'd for Bevil, for you know I love him; yet not so much, to whine and die for him; and his Misfortune, as a Friend, I feel, not as a Lover, since his Inconstancy has forfeited that Respect.
(III, p. 49)
Call you that Brutal? Give me that solid one; I hate your thin and unsubstantial Soul, that every small Assault of Fortune breaks through, and makes ridiculous Mirth, or Sorrow; give me a Soul, a Humour that's in Grain, not one that fades like Colours in the Sun, and changes like your Cheeks; now Pale, now Red, and tells the World the Secrets of your Heart: But, I must confess, I'm griev'd for Bevil, for you know I love him; yet not so much, to whine and die for him; and his Misfortune, as a Friend, I feel, not as a Lover, since his Inconstancy has forfeited that Respect.
(III, p. 49)
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
