"Ten thousand dismal Fancies crowd my Thoughts."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Wellington and Thomas Osborne
Date
1700, 1702
Metaphor
"Ten thousand dismal Fancies crowd my Thoughts."
Metaphor in Context
ARTAXERXES.
Ten thousand dismal Fancies crowd my Thoughts,
Oh! is it possible thou can'st be she,
Thou most unhappy fair one?
(IV.iii, p. 53)
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
First performed December, 1700. Twenty-three entries in ESTC (1701, 1702, 1714, 1715, 1720, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1733, 1735, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1777, 1781, 1790, 1792, 1795).

The second edition includes "the addition of a new scene." The Ambitious Step-Mother. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields. By Her Majesties Servants. Written by N. Rowe, 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. Wellington and Thomas Osborne, 1702). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/22/2013

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