Stocks and mercury may stand "All on the elevation, madam, as if they kept time with my passion."
— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)
Place of Publication
York
Publisher
Printed by W. Blanchard and Co.
Date
1778
Metaphor
Stocks and mercury may stand "All on the elevation, madam, as if they kept time with my passion."
Metaphor in Context
COURT.
To your arms, Sir William--I wish he may not have overheard us
[aside]
--Well Sir William, how go the stocks on?--How stands the mercury in the barometer?
SIR WILL.
All on the elevation, madam, as if they kept time with my passion.
COURT.
O Sir, the passions of you men of gallantry are so uncertain, they fall or elevate with any weather.
To your arms, Sir William--I wish he may not have overheard us
[aside]
--Well Sir William, how go the stocks on?--How stands the mercury in the barometer?
SIR WILL.
All on the elevation, madam, as if they kept time with my passion.
COURT.
O Sir, the passions of you men of gallantry are so uncertain, they fall or elevate with any weather.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1778).
James Robertson, The Heroine of Love, a Musical Piece of Three Acts (York: W. Blanchard, 1778). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
James Robertson, The Heroine of Love, a Musical Piece of Three Acts (York: W. Blanchard, 1778). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Theme
Pathetic Fallacy
Date of Entry
11/10/2004
Date of Review
07/30/2011
