work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
3920,"",Reading,2004-03-24 00:00:00 UTC,"WORTHY
Endeavours we may use, but flesh and blood are got in t'other scale; and they are ponderous things.
AMANDA
Whate'er they are, there is a weight in resolution sufficient for their balance. The soul, I do confess, is usually so careless of its charge, so soft, and so indulgent to desire, it leaves the reins in the wild hand of nature, who like a Phaeton, drives the fiery chariot, and sets the world on flame. Yet still the sovereignty is in the mind, whene'er it pleases to exert its force. Perhaps you may not think it worth your while to take such mighty pains for my esteem; but that I leave to you.
You see the price I set upon my heart;
Perhaps 'tis dear: but spite of all your art
You'll find on cheaper terms we n'er shall part.",,10174,"•I've included thrice: Reins, Phaeton, Chariot","The soul may leave ""the reins in the wild hand of nature, who like a Phaeton, drives the fiery chariot, and sets the world on flame""","",2009-09-14 19:34:46 UTC,Amanda struggles and refuses Worthy's advances. He soliloquizes and closes out scene.
3929,"","Searching ""throne"" and ""soul"" in HDIS (Drama); found again ""thought""",2004-08-07 00:00:00 UTC,"HORTENTIA
That was a Woman, Sir; a very Woman; Her
Cogitations all were on the outward Man.
But I strike deeper, 'tis the Mind I view.
The Soul's the worthy object of my care;
The Soul, That sample of Divinity, that glorious
Ray of Heavenly Light. The Soul that awful
Throne of Thought, That sacred Seat of Contemplation.
The Soul, That Noble source of Wisdom,
That Fountain of Comfort,
That Spring of Joy, That happy Token of eternal
Life; The Soul, that--
(I.i)",,10186,"•INTEREST. Vanbrugh doesn't personify the soul and seat it on a throne, but rather he makes the soul the throne of thought.
•Hortentia is described as ""an affected learned lady"" in the front matter.","""The Soul that awful
Throne of Thought, That sacred Seat of Contemplation.""","",2013-06-26 16:25:33 UTC,"Act I, Scene i"