Elizabeth preferred not "to make windows into men's hearts and secret thoughts, except the abundance of them did overflow into overt and express acts and affirmations."
— Bacon, Sir Francis, Lord Verulam (1561-1626)
Date
1592
Metaphor
Elizabeth preferred not "to make windows into men's hearts and secret thoughts, except the abundance of them did overflow into overt and express acts and affirmations."
Metaphor in Context
[Elizabeth preferred not...] to make windows into men's hearts and secret thoughts, except the abundance of them did overflow into overt and express acts and affirmations
Categories
Provenance
Quoted in James Hirsh's Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2003. p. 39
Date of Entry
03/16/2004
