"I cannot view you, Madam: For when you speak, all the Faculties of my charm'd Soul crowd to my attentive Ears; desert my Eyes, which gaze insensibly"

— Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Ralph Smith and Bennet Banbury
Date
1700
Metaphor
"I cannot view you, Madam: For when you speak, all the Faculties of my charm'd Soul crowd to my attentive Ears; desert my Eyes, which gaze insensibly"
Metaphor in Context
WILD.
I cannot view you, Madam: For when you speak, all the Faculties of my charm'd Soul crowd to my attentive Ears; desert my Eyes, which gaze insensibly.--Whatever Charm inspires your Looks, whether of Innocence or Vice, 'tis lovely, past Expression.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "crowd" and "soul" 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
03/13/2006

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