"Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows, / To show us what they act within Doors."
— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Roberts
Date
1715
Metaphor
"Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows, / To show us what they act within Doors."
Metaphor in Context
ALD.
Ay, ay, so it ought to be, Sir Roger; but I have read somewhere,
Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows,
To show us what they act within Doors.
For my part, I am for the Church, and my Country.
(I.i, p. 57)
Ay, ay, so it ought to be, Sir Roger; but I have read somewhere,
Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows,
To show us what they act within Doors.
For my part, I am for the Church, and my Country.
(I.i, p. 57)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "window" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Two entries for The Humours of Elections in ESTC (1715, 1737). See also The Gotham Election (London: Printed and Sold by S. Keimer, 1715).
Text from The Humours of Elections. And a Cure for Cuckoldom: or the Wife Well Manag'd. Two Farces. By the Author of the Gamester (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715). A separate title page printed for each work. <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Humours of Elections. And a Cure for Cuckoldom: or the Wife Well Manag'd. Two Farces. By the Author of the Gamester (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715). A separate title page printed for each work. <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Momus Glass
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
