"[Y]et even such a soul, may like a Diamond that's set too narrow in the finest Gold, straiten its lustre."
— Howard, Edward (bap. 1624, d. 1712)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1678
Metaphor
"[Y]et even such a soul, may like a Diamond that's set too narrow in the finest Gold, straiten its lustre."
Metaphor in Context
PLOD.
Adde, if you please, a person in my sense most lovely, joyn'd to a quick and taking spirit, yet even such a soul, may like a Diamond that's set too narrow in the finest Gold, straiten its lustre. Am I right, Madam?
Adde, if you please, a person in my sense most lovely, joyn'd to a quick and taking spirit, yet even such a soul, may like a Diamond that's set too narrow in the finest Gold, straiten its lustre. Am I right, Madam?
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
05/25/2005
Date of Review
01/20/2009
