"What think you, old Heart of Oak, shall Experience supply the want of Youth?"
— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1713
Metaphor
"What think you, old Heart of Oak, shall Experience supply the want of Youth?"
Metaphor in Context
ALISON, WIFE OF BATH
One Wedding, the Proverb says, begets another: What think you, old Heart of Oak, shall Experience supply the want of Youth?--come, let you and I for once verifie the old Saying --give me thy Hand, Old Boy.
(I.i, p. 9)
One Wedding, the Proverb says, begets another: What think you, old Heart of Oak, shall Experience supply the want of Youth?--come, let you and I for once verifie the old Saying --give me thy Hand, Old Boy.
(I.i, p. 9)
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Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed May 12, 1713. At least 3 entries in ESTC (1713, 1730).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Gay (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Gay (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713).
Date of Entry
08/17/2013
