Date: First performed August 4, 1787

"Ill founded precept too long has steel'd my breast--but still 'tis vulnerable-- this trial was too muc"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

Date: 1792

"The King of England steels his heart against us"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

Date: 1796

"A plague on stoicks! / I cannot hoop my heart about with iron, / Like an old beer-butt"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

Date: 1796

The actor " Miss Farren, too, who might animate any thing but a soul of lead, and a face of iron, experienced the same fate" (the fate of being paired with a dull actor)

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

Date: 1796

"You steel mens' hearts against you!"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

Date: 1805

"My heart's heavier than all the iron, and brass, in my shop"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)