"View your own Charms, Madam, then judge my Passion."

— Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Ralph Smith and Bennet Banbury
Date
1700
Metaphor
"View your own Charms, Madam, then judge my Passion."
Metaphor in Context
WILD.
View your own Charms, Madam, then judge my Passion; your Beauty ravishes my Eye, your Voice my Ear, and your Touch has thrill'd my melting Soul.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "judge" and "passion" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed November 28, 1699. Over 50 entries in ESTC (1700, 1701, 1704, 1708, 1710, 1711, 17141716, 1718, 1720, 1721, 1725, 1728, 1732, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1742, 1750, 1755, 1756, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1772, 1774, 1777, 1780, 1791, 1792, 1795).

See The Constant Couple; or A Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. By Mr. George Farquhar (London: Printed for Ralph Smith ... and Bennet Banbury, 1700).
Date of Entry
10/14/2004

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.