"No, Edwitha--you have a native dignity of mind incapable of degradation or alloy."

— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for George Robinson
Date
1784
Metaphor
"No, Edwitha--you have a native dignity of mind incapable of degradation or alloy."
Metaphor in Context
LEO.
"No, Edwitha--you have a native dignity of mind incapable of degradation or alloy."
(III.xiii)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "alloy" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed on August 2, 1784. Only 1 entry in the ESTC (1784).

The Noble Peasant, a Comic Opera, in Three Acts; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, in the Haymarket. By Thomas Holcroft. (London: Printed for George Robinson, 1784).
Date of Entry
05/25/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.