work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
3928,"","",2004-06-23 00:00:00 UTC,"SIR JOHN
[Aside.]
'Tis well--'tis very well--In spight of that young Jade's Matrimonial Intrigue, I am a downright stinking Cuckold--Here they are--Boo--
[Putting his Hand to his Forehead.
Methinks I could Butt with a Bull. What the plague did I marry her for? I knew she did not like me; if she had, she wou'd have lain with me; for I wou'd have done so, because I lik'd her: But that's past, and I have her. And now, what shall I do with her--If I put my Horns in my Pocket, she'll grow Insolent.-- If I don't; that Goat there, that Stallion, is ready to whip me through the Guts.--The Debate then is reduc'd to this; Shall I die a Heroe? or live a Rascal?--Why, Wiser Men than I, have long since concluded, that a living Dog is better than a dead Lion.--
[To Const. and Heart.]
Gentlemen, now my Wine and my Passion are governable, I must own, I have never observ'd any thing in my Wife's Course of Life, to back me in my Jealousie of her: but Jealousie's a mark of Love; so she need not trouble her head about it, as long as I make no more words on't.
Lady Fancyf. enters Disguis'd, and Addresses to Bellinda apart.
CONST.
I am glad to see your Reason rule at last. Give me your Hand: I hope you'll look upon me as you are wont.",,10184,"",Wine and Passion may be governable,"",2009-09-14 19:34:47 UTC,"Act V, scene v"
3928,"","Searching ""rule"" and ""reason"" in HDIS (Drama)",2004-06-23 00:00:00 UTC,"SIR JOHN
[Aside.]
'Tis well--'tis very well--In spight of that young Jade's Matrimonial Intrigue, I am a downright stinking Cuckold--Here they are--Boo--
[Putting his Hand to his Forehead.
Methinks I could Butt with a Bull. What the plague did I marry her for? I knew she did not like me; if she had, she wou'd have lain with me; for I wou'd have done so, because I lik'd her: But that's past, and I have her. And now, what shall I do with her--If I put my Horns in my Pocket, she'll grow Insolent.-- If I don't; that Goat there, that Stallion, is ready to whip me through the Guts.--The Debate then is reduc'd to this; Shall I die a Heroe? or live a Rascal?--Why, Wiser Men than I, have long since concluded, that a living Dog is better than a dead Lion.--
[To Const. and Heart.]
Gentlemen, now my Wine and my Passion are governable, I must own, I have never observ'd any thing in my Wife's Course of Life, to back me in my Jealousie of her: but Jealousie's a mark of Love; so she need not trouble her head about it, as long as I make no more words on't.
Lady Fancyf. enters Disguis'd, and Addresses to Bellinda apart.
CONST.
I am glad to see your Reason rule at last. Give me your Hand: I hope you'll look upon me as you are wont.",,10185,"",Reason may rule at last (over wine and passion?),"",2009-09-14 19:34:47 UTC,"Act V, scene v"
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"