work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
5857,"","Searching ""stamp"" and mind"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"LOUISA
Pardon me madam, if I presume to differ from you--The houses and palaces of the great are but too often the asylums of the most unbounded luxury and extravaganc. --Who would give the poor Louisa credit for launching all at once into the perilous contagion, trembling at the same time at the fatal infection?--Or, who would suppose, that Lady Milford, the envied and distinguished Lady Milford, so highly renowned for affluence, splendour, and for every thing, which can possibly contribute in appearance to the purest felicity, should with all these attainments be in reality destitute of that solid happiness, which falls to the lot but of the ""pure in heart;"" and that her conscience should sometimes prove a scorpion in her breast?--Would your Ladyship, when crossed in any plan or pursuit, be able to bear with the placid air of contentment, which would beam from my countenance?--Or, upon your return from any party, hurt or displeased by any occurrence, how could you witness the attractive mien of humble happiness, ever imprinted on my calm and unruffled brow, proceeding from inward satisfaction's smile?--We are all weak, when unsupported by our own esteem--there are times, when the heart, conscious of having acted amiss, dreads a scrutiny--the anvil of gnawing conscience is never cool--the contemplative hour must sometimes exist to a mind of your stamp-- the serpent reproach may sometimes assail you with all its venemous stings; and your whole bosom may be turned into a scene of perturbation and disquietude-- Under the impulse of these dreadful evils, your mind must be singularly endowed, Madam, to be able to view with indifference your attendant Louisa's face, dressed in artless looks of serenity, unclouded by care, unchecked by disappointment; and boasting the purest bliss of innocence and a heart at peace.",,15590,"","The ""contemplative hour must sometimes exist to a mind of your stamp""","",2009-09-14 19:44:03 UTC,"Act IV, scene vii"
5857,"",Searching in HDIS (Drama),2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"MILLER.
Merciful Heaven!--Let this act be recorded on high--
(overjoyed falling on his knee)
Let this mark of elasticity of mind be stamped on the annals of truth--To each parent I turn, to attest this bright deed, as now is instanced in my heaven-born child.",,15591,"","""Let this mark of elasticity of mind be stamped on the annals of truth""","",2009-09-14 19:44:03 UTC,"Act V, scene i"
5857,"","Searching ""stamp"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"LOUISA
Oh Lady Milford!--Do not stamp upon your heart a calumny which it does not deserve--As soon as your bosom will have re-assumed its wonted calmness, you will recoil at the dismal effect of passion; and find yourself unable to put your threats into execution--Be assured, that you will not be inclined to torture a poor creature, who has never done the least thing to injure you; and whose sole offence is that of having loved--Now, Madam, only see the difference between you and me--I not only feel, but also respect every tumult and emotion of that heart, which has been agitated like mine by one common objec. --In testimony of this assertion--",,15592,"","""Do not stamp upon your heart a calumny which it does not deserve""","",2009-09-14 19:44:03 UTC,"Act IV, scene vii"
5913,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-04-11 00:00:00 UTC,"CRUSTIEW.
How? It will never be extinguished.
(With an air of secrecy and solemnity.)
For three and twenty years have I been brooding over the great project. It has ripened slowly, like gold in the womb of the mine. Many things I have already prepared; much is done, much still remains to be done. Twenty men have bound themselves to me by an oath. My band is furnished with powerful engines. Boldness--ability--experience --courage--despair! One thing is still wanting. In none have I discovered the true spirit of a commander. One man is tickled by ambition; another quarrels about birth and rank even in fetters; one has no comprehension for a methodical and systematic whole; another will contend for his object to-day, and to-morrow stop midway to consider of it; in short, every one fills his proper station tolerably well, but all want the stamp of a genuine great mind. There are wheels enough, but no main-spring.",,15681,"","One's band may ""all want the stamp of a genuine great mind.""",Impression,2011-07-30 21:04:17 UTC,Act II