"But your humanity must ever be engraved on my heart."

— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Date
1786
Metaphor
"But your humanity must ever be engraved on my heart."
Metaphor in Context
LADY.
I am a stranger to them, Sir.--But your humanity must ever be engraved on my heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "engrav" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
4 entries in the ESTC (1786, 1787).

Elizabeth Inchbald, I'll Tell You What. A Comedy, in Five Acts, As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. (London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/09/2005

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