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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Work title:
"The Humour of the Age. A Comedy."
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Metaphor Category:
"Government"
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Date: 1701
"Love governs every Sense, every Affection, every Principle truckles to that more noble Passion."
preview | full record— Baker, Thomas (b. 1680-1)
Date: 1701
"Which are but tantalizing Amusements that debauch our Genius when they are once over, and Fatigue allows us a serious interval; with what regret do we reflect upon our Folly, in letting our Appetites govern our Reason, and like the Sirens Song charm us into Ruine."
preview | full record— Baker, Thomas (b. 1680-1)