"He has recited all his warlike Deeds, / To make Impression on your grateful Heart.:

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Barber
Date
1717
Metaphor
"He has recited all his warlike Deeds, / To make Impression on your grateful Heart.:
Metaphor in Context
QUEEN.
Oh Brother! let me lowly thus entreat,
That I may answer this Tyrannick King:
With his great Merit, how are you upbraided?
He has recited all his warlike Deeds,
To make Impression on your grateful Heart
.
But Sir! consider, I'm a Queen, was doubly Crown'd:
By Birth and Marriage, I am twice a Sovereign.
Think whose I was---Oh! pity Kindred Grief,
And Royal Woes! Mine's not a vulgar Fate,
To be weigh'd out by ev'ry common Hand,
Or at a Moment's Call, to be determin'd.
(II.i, p. 16)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1717, 1720).

See Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By Mrs. Manley (London: Printed for John Barber, 1717).
Date of Entry
06/29/2013

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