"When I did not see him I cou'd have brib'd a Villain to his Assassination; but his appearance rakes the Embers which have so long layn smother'd in my Breast."
— Congreve, William (1670-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1700
Metaphor
"When I did not see him I cou'd have brib'd a Villain to his Assassination; but his appearance rakes the Embers which have so long layn smother'd in my Breast."
Metaphor in Context
WISHFORT.
Oh, he has Witch-craft in his Eyes and Tongue;—When I did not see him I cou'd have brib'd a Villain to his Assassination; but his appearance rakes the Embers which have so long layn smother'd in my Breast.--
(IV.ix, pp. 82-83)
Oh, he has Witch-craft in his Eyes and Tongue;—When I did not see him I cou'd have brib'd a Villain to his Assassination; but his appearance rakes the Embers which have so long layn smother'd in my Breast.--
(IV.ix, pp. 82-83)
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Citation
First performed in March of 1700. 33 entries in the ESTC (1700, 1706, 1710, 1711, 1724, 1725, 1730, 1733, 1735, 1738, 1751, 1752, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1759 1767, 1773, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1787, 1796, 1800).
See The Way of the World, a Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Congreve (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1700). <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO-TCP>
Reading D. F. Mckenzie's The Works of Wililam Congreve 3 vols. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2011).
See The Way of the World, a Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Congreve (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1700). <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO-TCP>
Reading D. F. Mckenzie's The Works of Wililam Congreve 3 vols. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2011).
Date of Entry
09/25/2014
