text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"TRIO AND CHORUS.--Jaquelina, Angelina, and Captain of Robbers.
Jaq. and Ang.
Compassion to our woes impart,
Nor vainly let us sue;
The breast that owns a valiant heart,
Is still to pity true.
Capt.
Try no more this useful wailing,
Think not that my ears assailing
You my rugged heart can move.
Jaq. and Ang.
Kindly grant us freedom's blessing.
Capt.
Vain is all this earnest pressing.
Jaq. and Ang.
Joys that flow from mercy prove.
Capt.
Ne'er such weakness will I prove.
Learn that I drew my infant breath
Within the robber's cave;
And when too young to deal out death,
I dug the dead man's grave.
Then think you that a woman's tear
Can make this bosom feel?
I'm dead to pity as to fear,
My heart is cas'd with steel.
CHORUS.
Then think you that a woman's tear
Can make our bosoms feel?
We're dead to pity as to fear,
Our hearts are cas'd with steel.
Jaq. and Ang.
Be soften'd by a woman's tear,
And for our sorrows feel;
To pity wake, though dead to fear,
Nor case your hearts with steel.",2009-09-14 19:44:56 UTC,"""I'm dead to pity as to fear, / My heart is cas'd with steel""",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"Act II, scene ii","",,Metal,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Drama)",15867,5966
"TRIO AND CHORUS.--Jaquelina, Angelina, and Captain of Robbers.
Jaq. and Ang.
Compassion to our woes impart,
Nor vainly let us sue;
The breast that owns a valiant heart,
Is still to pity true.
Capt.
Try no more this useful wailing,
Think not that my ears assailing
You my rugged heart can move.
Jaq. and Ang.
Kindly grant us freedom's blessing.
Capt.
Vain is all this earnest pressing.
Jaq. and Ang.
Joys that flow from mercy prove.
Capt.
Ne'er such weakness will I prove.
Learn that I drew my infant breath
Within the robber's cave;
And when too young to deal out death,
I dug the dead man's grave.
Then think you that a woman's tear
Can make this bosom feel?
I'm dead to pity as to fear,
My heart is cas'd with steel.
CHORUS.
Then think you that a woman's tear
Can make our bosoms feel?
We're dead to pity as to fear,
Our hearts are cas'd with steel.
Jaq. and Ang.
Be soften'd by a woman's tear,
And for our sorrows feel;
To pity wake, though dead to fear,
Nor case your hearts with steel.",2009-09-14 19:44:56 UTC,"""We're dead to pity as to fear, / Our hearts are cas'd with steel""",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"Act II, scene ii","",,Metal,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Drama)",15868,5966
"TRIO AND CHORUS.--Jaquelina, Angelina, and Captain of Robbers.
Jaq. and Ang.
Compassion to our woes impart,
Nor vainly let us sue;
The breast that owns a valiant heart,
Is still to pity true.
Capt.
Try no more this useful wailing,
Think not that my ears assailing
You my rugged heart can move.
Jaq. and Ang.
Kindly grant us freedom's blessing.
Capt.
Vain is all this earnest pressing.
Jaq. and Ang.
Joys that flow from mercy prove.
Capt.
Ne'er such weakness will I prove.
Learn that I drew my infant breath
Within the robber's cave;
And when too young to deal out death,
I dug the dead man's grave.
Then think you that a woman's tear
Can make this bosom feel?
I'm dead to pity as to fear,
My heart is cas'd with steel.
CHORUS.
Then think you that a woman's tear
Can make our bosoms feel?
We're dead to pity as to fear,
Our hearts are cas'd with steel.
Jaq. and Ang.
Be soften'd by a woman's tear,
And for our sorrows feel;
To pity wake, though dead to fear,
Nor case your hearts with steel.",2009-09-14 19:44:56 UTC,"""To pity wake, though dead to fear, / Nor case your hearts with steel.""",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"Act II, scene ii","",,Metal,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Drama)",15869,5966
"ANG.
Then justly did a villain perish; for if ever the tongue of mortal could truly charge me with an act, however trivial, or one word or look, that spoke my heart wandering from thee, may Heaven withhold from me its mercy, and let the fiercest pangs that dying sinners tremble at, be my eternal lot! Oh, my Alphonso, spurn not, as faithless, her whose dearest, only joy, has been thy love; her who, if all the world combined to load thee with its hate, would still cling to thee with increasing fondness; and who, if miseries pressed on thy brain too great for reason to support, would tend thee in the cell of madness, and even there derive more ecstasy from one kind look given in the transient intervals of sense, than all the unruffled pleasures that the world without thee can afford!",2009-09-14 19:44:56 UTC,"""[I]f miseries pressed on thy brain too great for reason to support, would tend thee in the cell of madness, and even there derive more ecstasy from one kind look given in the transient intervals of sense, than all the unruffled pleasures that the world without thee can afford""",2005-08-29 00:00:00 UTC,"Act III, scene ii","",,"","",Searching in HDIS (Drama),15870,5966
"SHENKIN.
Iss--and there I did mistake.--You do know, we did always fear he wou'dn't stop with the pippins; and so, when he did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino--and so I did tell him: but come, he have ordered supper for us also-- and the next time we do want eleven pounds, this little gentleman
(kissing watch)
will pay it three times over mother.
(singing)",2009-09-14 19:45:04 UTC,"""[H]e did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino""",2005-04-14 00:00:00 UTC,"Act IV, scene ii","",,Coinage,"","Searching ""brain"" and ""coin"" in HDIS (Drama)",15915,5985
"STELLA
Oh, Lindorf! various emotions crowd in upon my soul! Do not imagine me insensible of the blessing I have so ardently desir'd-- But this is a solemn moment--and I am to receive your vows in the presence perhaps of one, who lov'd you equally, but to whom the Great Disposer of affections denied a life devoted to your happiness.",2009-09-14 19:45:15 UTC,"""Oh, Lindorf! various emotions crowd in upon my soul!""",2006-03-13 00:00:00 UTC,"Act III, scene iii","",,Inhabitants,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""crowd"" in HDIS (Drama)",15960,6005
"In the bloom of their art, their itinerant profession was held in the utmost veneration. Our great king Alfred assumed it, when, in the character of a minstrel, taking his harp in his hand, and one of his most trusty friends disguised as a servant, or harp-bearer, he went into the Danish camp. And, indeed, so long as chivalry lasted, the minstrels were protected and caressed, because their music tended to do honour to the ruling passion of the times, and to encourage and foment a martial spirit. The songs they used to sing, even when the art lost much of its reputation, were of their own composing.",2011-07-19 15:08:34 UTC,"""And, indeed, so long as chivalry lasted, the minstrels were protected and caressed, because their music tended to do honour to the ruling passion of the times, and to encourage and foment a martial spirit.""",2004-06-01 00:00:00 UTC,Front Matter,Ruling Passion,2011-07-19,"","•Based on the ballad of the ""Nut-brown Maid"" (Pratt cites Prior). C-H gives ""Date first performed: Unknown or unacted."" Included in 3 volume Harvest-Home.","Searching HDIS for ""ruling passion""",15996,6022
"LADY AIRCASTLE
Alas! I can well believe it: And, is it possible that my husband, with a heart once the throne of every charity which adorns humanity, and of every aspiration that ascends to God,--honoured by the rich, adored by the poor, one of the upright dispensers of the mild laws of his country--laws which Freedom herself might be proud to obey,--should, by a few months contagion and commerce in this region of captivity, be fascinated by such contemptible, such impious--",2011-07-19 18:33:43 UTC,"One may have a heart that is ""the throne of every charity which adorns humanity, and of every aspiration that ascends to God.""",2004-07-27 00:00:00 UTC,"Act III, scene v","",2011-07-19,Throne,"","Searching ""throne"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",16001,6024
"VILLARS.
Mean you Maria's?--Oh! you little know --her door is shut against the common tribe, who visit but to murder Fame and Time; but to the poor and houseless wanderer, 'tis open as her heart
(Tourly and Jack Analyse appear at the wing and listen)
: --come--she shall greet you with a sister's smiles,--and for myself--
(taking her hand and kissing it,)
pity first stamp'd your story in my breast, and the impression is engrav'd for ever!",2009-09-14 19:45:23 UTC,"Pity first stamp'd your story in my breast, and the impression is engrav'd for ever""",2005-03-09 00:00:00 UTC,"Act II, scene iv","",,"",•Reynolds is much given to Writing and Engraving metaphors!
•I've included twice: Engraving and Stamping.,"Searching ""engrav"" and ""thought"" in HDIS (Drama)",16004,6027
"VIRGINIA
Tedious are hours to those who live in doubt.
O that my father were return'd once more! [end page 29]
Or could I learn good tidings.--Dreadful suspense!
The mind that labours for a cure works ill
By feeding its own grief; wasting away
Like boiling waters in an useless struggle.
Had but my wishes wings, fleet should they fly
And leave the winds behind! look for good news,
And bring it back with thought's best speed. I'm sick
Of hope, that promises and lingers on
Disease, but brings no cure. Give me a song,
Perhaps it may a while divert my care.
(pp. 29-30)
",2009-09-14 19:49:10 UTC,"""The mind that labours for a cure works ill / By feeding its own grief; wasting away / Like boiling waters in an useless struggle""",2008-03-08 00:00:00 UTC,Act III,"",,"","","Searching ""speed of thought"" in ECCO",17137,6450