"Madam, your Person is Natures Essence Bottle, and your mind the Mirror of Virtue and Discretion"
— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. N. for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes
Date
1680
Metaphor
"Madam, your Person is Natures Essence Bottle, and your mind the Mirror of Virtue and Discretion"
Metaphor in Context
SIR LUB.
Madam, your Person is Natures Essence Bottle, and your mind the Mirror of Virtue and Discretion--but now we are talking of Essences--hugh--methinks here is a scurvy smell of Tobaccoe.
Madam, your Person is Natures Essence Bottle, and your mind the Mirror of Virtue and Discretion--but now we are talking of Essences--hugh--methinks here is a scurvy smell of Tobaccoe.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed September, 1680. Only 1 entry in ESTC.
Text from The Virtuous Wife; Or Good Luck at last. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theater, By His Royal Highness His Servants. Written By Thomas Durfey (London: Printed by T. N. for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes, 1680). <:Link to EEBO>
Text from The Virtuous Wife; Or Good Luck at last. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theater, By His Royal Highness His Servants. Written By Thomas Durfey (London: Printed by T. N. for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes, 1680). <:Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
11/30/2005
