"Not in the Court of Conscience, Sir."
— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Chantry
Date
1706
Metaphor
"Not in the Court of Conscience, Sir."
Metaphor in Context
[Enter Camila.]
Beliz.
Here's one will inform you.—
Cam.
Oh, Mr. Constant, are you come?
Bell.
Constant! yes, faith, Madam, I'm as constant as any Man--this Lady can witness for me.
Beliz.
Not in the Court of Conscience, Sir.
Bell.
Then you have no Conscience at all.
Rob.
If my Master took up lying by the Week, what a Confounded Interest 'twou'd come to in a Year.
[aside.]
(IV, p. 36)
Beliz.
Here's one will inform you.—
Cam.
Oh, Mr. Constant, are you come?
Bell.
Constant! yes, faith, Madam, I'm as constant as any Man--this Lady can witness for me.
Beliz.
Not in the Court of Conscience, Sir.
Bell.
Then you have no Conscience at all.
Rob.
If my Master took up lying by the Week, what a Confounded Interest 'twou'd come to in a Year.
[aside.]
(IV, p. 36)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1706).
Text from Love at a Venture. A Comedy. As It Is Acted by His Grace, the Duke of Grafton's Servants, at the New Theatre in Bath. Written by the Author of the Gamester. (London: Printed for John Chantry, at the Sign of Lincoln's-Inn-Square, at Lincolns-Inn-Back-Gate, 1706). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Note: from Corneille, reworked by Colley Cibber as The Double Gallant (1707), and restated and reprinted frequently under that title.
Text from Love at a Venture. A Comedy. As It Is Acted by His Grace, the Duke of Grafton's Servants, at the New Theatre in Bath. Written by the Author of the Gamester. (London: Printed for John Chantry, at the Sign of Lincoln's-Inn-Square, at Lincolns-Inn-Back-Gate, 1706). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Note: from Corneille, reworked by Colley Cibber as The Double Gallant (1707), and restated and reprinted frequently under that title.
Date of Entry
11/11/2013
