"'Tis a warm thought, and fires the mounting soul!"

— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)


Place of Publication
Printed for Samuel Chapman
Publisher
London
Date
1724
Metaphor
"'Tis a warm thought, and fires the mounting soul!"
Metaphor in Context
NORTHAMPTON.
'Tis a warm thought, and fires the mounting soul!
Revenge dares strike at every thing--
Rivers of blood mark out her smoaking way!
And kingdoms flame to give her triumphs lustre!
Welcome, dread vengeance!
(II.i, pp. 136-7)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in LION
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1724, 1777, 1779).

See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>

Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
Date of Entry
08/16/2013

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