"Her mind, pure and spotless as new-drifted snow, cou'd not so soon be tainted."
— Hitchcock, Robert (d. 1809)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
York
Publisher
Printed by A. Ward
Date
1773
Metaphor
"Her mind, pure and spotless as new-drifted snow, cou'd not so soon be tainted."
Metaphor in Context
Mr. LAMB.
Then all is over!--break heart-strings, break at once, and end this miserable being!--
[walking about disorder'd]
--Yet, 'tis, it must be false!--Her mind, pure and spotless as new-drifted snow, cou'd not so soon be tainted--No, my child you cou'd not, wou'd not sell your innocence, nor part with that jewel of inestimable price!
(p. 59)
Then all is over!--break heart-strings, break at once, and end this miserable being!--
[walking about disorder'd]
--Yet, 'tis, it must be false!--Her mind, pure and spotless as new-drifted snow, cou'd not so soon be tainted--No, my child you cou'd not, wou'd not sell your innocence, nor part with that jewel of inestimable price!
(p. 59)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "snow" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1773, 1774).
Robert Hitchcock, The Macaroni. A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in York. (York: printed by A. Ward, 1773). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Robert Hitchcock, The Macaroni. A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in York. (York: printed by A. Ward, 1773). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
09/08/2013
