Shake-Speare:
...poor Ophelia
Divided from herself and her fair judgment
Without the which we are pictures or mere beasts;"
Hamlet 4.5.85-7
...poor Ophelia
Divided from herself and her fair judgment
Without the which we are pictures or mere beasts;"
Hamlet 4.5.85-7
"He is a proper man's picture, but alas! who can converse with a dumb-show"?
The Merchant of Venice 1.2.67-69
The Merchant of Venice 1.2.67-69
" .... the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures;"
Macbeth 2.2.53-4
Macbeth 2.2.53-4
"[of unresponsive Adonis] "Fie, lifeless picture, cold and senseless stone,"
Venus and Adonis 211
Venus and Adonis 211
Bacon: "Words are but images of matter and except they have life and reason, to fall in love with them is all one to fall in love with a picture".
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning
Comment: Thus Bacon and Shake-Speare both describe someone or something devoid of animation or reason as a "picture".
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