"I am amaz'd our Legislature has left no Precedent of a Divorce for this more visible Injury, this Adultery of the Mind, as well as that of the Person!"
— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts
Date
January 10, 1728.
Metaphor
"I am amaz'd our Legislature has left no Precedent of a Divorce for this more visible Injury, this Adultery of the Mind, as well as that of the Person!"
Metaphor in Context
LORD TOWNLY
Ungrateful Woman! could you have seen yourself, you in yourself had seen her--I am amaz'd our Legislature has left no Precedent of a Divorce for this more visible Injury, this Adultery of the Mind, as well as that of the Person! when a Woman's whole Heart is alienated to Pleasures I have no Share in, what is't to me, whether a black Ace, or a powder'd Coxcomb has Possession of it?
(p. 81)
Ungrateful Woman! could you have seen yourself, you in yourself had seen her--I am amaz'd our Legislature has left no Precedent of a Divorce for this more visible Injury, this Adultery of the Mind, as well as that of the Person! when a Woman's whole Heart is alienated to Pleasures I have no Share in, what is't to me, whether a black Ace, or a powder'd Coxcomb has Possession of it?
(p. 81)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
Over 43 entries in the ESTC (1728, 1729, 1731, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1740, 1741, 1748, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1760, 1761, 1767, 1768, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1798).
See The Provok'd Husband; or A Journey to London. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's Servants. Written by the late Sir John Vanburgh, and Mr. Cibber (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1728). <Link to ECCO>
See The Provok'd Husband; or A Journey to London. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's Servants. Written by the late Sir John Vanburgh, and Mr. Cibber (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1728). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/19/2013
