"I said you were all Mettle; A brazen face, a leaden brain, and a copper nose and beard."
— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Author
Date
1680
Metaphor
"I said you were all Mettle; A brazen face, a leaden brain, and a copper nose and beard."
Metaphor in Context
FRIEND.
Fear not, Sir, I'll excuse ye.
Goes out bowing to Mar.
SIR JOHN.
You little amiable mischievous Ape you, what a scurvie malicious Jest did you break upon me, to make the Proverb good, You had rather lose your Friend than your Jest?
DIAN.
A Jest! it was a parlous true one then: I said you were all Mettle; A brazen face, a leaden brain, and a copper nose and beard.
SIR JOHN
Wit, Lightning, and Quick-silver, thou little more than Dwarf, and something less than woman.
Fear not, Sir, I'll excuse ye.
Goes out bowing to Mar.
SIR JOHN.
You little amiable mischievous Ape you, what a scurvie malicious Jest did you break upon me, to make the Proverb good, You had rather lose your Friend than your Jest?
DIAN.
A Jest! it was a parlous true one then: I said you were all Mettle; A brazen face, a leaden brain, and a copper nose and beard.
SIR JOHN
Wit, Lightning, and Quick-silver, thou little more than Dwarf, and something less than woman.
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/03/2005
