"In this view of the case perhaps that species of detraction, which a court of law will not denominate a libel, in a court of conscience and in the eye of Heaven shall amount to murder. I had almost forgot to add that Castillo was a poet."
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walter
Date
1782
Metaphor
"In this view of the case perhaps that species of detraction, which a court of law will not denominate a libel, in a court of conscience and in the eye of Heaven shall amount to murder. I had almost forgot to add that Castillo was a poet."
Metaphor in Context
The reader may be apt to conclude that Castillo was a man of insufferable selfconceit and corroded with envy; to the contrary of this there is not to be found upon record an artist of more distinguished good qualities, or more complacent disposition: In accounting for the operations of a sensitive mind acting upon a delicate frame of body, there seems to be no occasion for making the malevolent passions accessary to an event like this which took place in the person of poor Castillo: The deduction, which I should recommend to be drawn from it, and in which I am persuaded I shall be anticipated by candour, is simply to reflect, that such being the frail materials, of which men of tender feelings, and more especially professors of the fine arts, are too apt by nature to be compounded, we ought to regard their infirmity with compassion and be cautious how we attempt to derogate from that excuseable self-opinion, which is so inseparable from talents and so essential to man's happiness: In this view of the case perhaps that species of detraction, which a court of law will not denominate a libel, in a court of conscience and in the eye of Heaven shall amount to murder. I had almost forgot to add that Castillo was a poet.
(p. 67)
(p. 67)
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Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1782, 1787).
Text from Anecdotes of Eminent Painters in Spain: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; With Cursory Remarks Upon the Present State of Arts in That Kingdom. By Richard Cumberland. In Two Volumes. (London: Printed for J. Walter, 1782). <:Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
Text from Anecdotes of Eminent Painters in Spain: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; With Cursory Remarks Upon the Present State of Arts in That Kingdom. By Richard Cumberland. In Two Volumes. (London: Printed for J. Walter, 1782). <:Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
11/11/2013
