"Music so softens and disarms the mind."

— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)


Date
1676
Metaphor
"Music so softens and disarms the mind."
Metaphor in Context
DORIMANT
"Music so softens and disarms the mind--"

HARRIET
"That not one arrow does resistance find."
(Act V, scene ii, p. 143)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
McMillin, Scott, ed. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1973.
Date of Entry
07/23/2003
Date of Review
10/23/2003

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.