"But, Sir, my passions are my masters; they take me where they will; and oftentimes they leave to reason and to virtue nothing but my wishes and my sighs."
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for W. Griffin
Publisher
London
Date
1771
Metaphor
"But, Sir, my passions are my masters; they take me where they will; and oftentimes they leave to reason and to virtue nothing but my wishes and my sighs."
Metaphor in Context
STOCKWELL.
To use it, not to waste it, I should hope; to treat it, Mr. Belcour, not as a vassal, over whom you have a wanton and despotic power, but as a subject, which you are bound to govern with a temperate and restrained authority.
BELCOUR.
True, Sir; most truly said; mine's a commission, not a right: I am the offspring of distress, and every child of sorrow is my brother; while I have hands to hold, therefore, I will hold them open to mankind: but, Sir, my passions are my masters; they take me where they will; and oftentimes they leave to reason and to virtue nothing but my wishes and my sighs.
STOCKWELL.
Come, come, the man who can accuse corrects himself.
(I.v, pp. 8-9)
To use it, not to waste it, I should hope; to treat it, Mr. Belcour, not as a vassal, over whom you have a wanton and despotic power, but as a subject, which you are bound to govern with a temperate and restrained authority.
BELCOUR.
True, Sir; most truly said; mine's a commission, not a right: I am the offspring of distress, and every child of sorrow is my brother; while I have hands to hold, therefore, I will hold them open to mankind: but, Sir, my passions are my masters; they take me where they will; and oftentimes they leave to reason and to virtue nothing but my wishes and my sighs.
STOCKWELL.
Come, come, the man who can accuse corrects himself.
(I.v, pp. 8-9)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 26 entries in ESTC (1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1785, 1790, 1792 1794, 1795, 1800).
The West Indian: A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By the Author of The Brothers. (London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
The West Indian: A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By the Author of The Brothers. (London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
08/10/2014
