"Have not I a bonny Complexion, my Heart of Oak? dost thou not trace the Remains of Beauty through every Feature?"
— Gay, John (1685-1732)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1713
Metaphor
"Have not I a bonny Complexion, my Heart of Oak? dost thou not trace the Remains of Beauty through every Feature?"
Metaphor in Context
ALISON, WIFE OF BATH
Have not I a bonny Complexion, my Heart of Oak? dost thou not trace the Remains of Beauty through every Feature?--Look again, Man,--view me all over, old Boy--Slidikins, my Face is like an ancient Medal--Antiquity does but add to its Value;--What say you, my Lad, are you for t'other Bout of Matrimony, t'other trip to the Temple of Hymen? Hang Sorrow,--what you have lost in a Daughter, Man, make up in a Wife.
(V.iii, p. 59)
Have not I a bonny Complexion, my Heart of Oak? dost thou not trace the Remains of Beauty through every Feature?--Look again, Man,--view me all over, old Boy--Slidikins, my Face is like an ancient Medal--Antiquity does but add to its Value;--What say you, my Lad, are you for t'other Bout of Matrimony, t'other trip to the Temple of Hymen? Hang Sorrow,--what you have lost in a Daughter, Man, make up in a Wife.
(V.iii, p. 59)
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Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed May 12, 1713. At least 3 entries in ESTC (1713, 1730).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Gay (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Gay (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713).
Date of Entry
08/17/2013
