"No, Mistriss, 'tis your High-fed, Lusty, Rambling, Rampant Ladies---that are troubl'd with the Vapours; 'tis your Ratifia, Persico, Cynamon, Citron, and Spirit of Clary, cause such Swi---m---ing in the Brain, that carries many a Guinea full-tide to the Doctor."
— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
May 12, 1709
Metaphor
"No, Mistriss, 'tis your High-fed, Lusty, Rambling, Rampant Ladies---that are troubl'd with the Vapours; 'tis your Ratifia, Persico, Cynamon, Citron, and Spirit of Clary, cause such Swi---m---ing in the Brain, that carries many a Guinea full-tide to the Doctor."
Metaphor in Context
SIR JEALOUS TRAFFICK
No, Mistriss, 'tis your High-fed, Lusty, Rambling, Rampant Ladies---that are troubl'd with the Vapours; 'tis your Ratifia, Persico, Cynamon, Citron, and Spirit of Clary, cause such Swi---m---ing in the Brain, that carries many a Guinea full-tide to the Doctor. But you are not to be Bred this way; No Galloping abroad, no receiving Visits at home; for in our loose Country, the Women are as dangerous as the Men.
(p. 25)
No, Mistriss, 'tis your High-fed, Lusty, Rambling, Rampant Ladies---that are troubl'd with the Vapours; 'tis your Ratifia, Persico, Cynamon, Citron, and Spirit of Clary, cause such Swi---m---ing in the Brain, that carries many a Guinea full-tide to the Doctor. But you are not to be Bred this way; No Galloping abroad, no receiving Visits at home; for in our loose Country, the Women are as dangerous as the Men.
(p. 25)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed May 12, 1709. 38 entries in the ESTC (1709, 1714, 1725, 1727, 1732, 1736, 1737, 1740, 1741, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1782, 1787, 1790, 1791).
Text from The Busie Body: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709).
Text from The Busie Body: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709).
Date of Entry
08/22/2013
