work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
3976,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"CON.
Nay, hold a little, my hearts of Steel: The Law takes notice of Life and Death, d'ee see. Let us proceed regular, d'ee mind. If upon further Examination, that is--we find him a Vagabond --That is to say--a Fellow, that--you know my meaning.",,10317,"","""Nay, hold a little, my hearts of Steel: The Law takes notice of Life and Death, d'ee see.""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:34:53 UTC,"Act II, scene i"
3956,"","Searching ""steel"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"MASSAN.
She goars and wounds me still; and now methinks the whole, composure of my Frame, is alter'd--I tremble and am asham'd to know my self.-- Hah, what did I say I Trembl'd, 'tis impossible, can my Heart tremble, that is steel'd with Power? Trembling implies a Fear; what can I fear, that have unquestion'd Power to command all, and can enjoy what e'er that Power possesses:--Agen--there's no looking on her, I'm all o'er Flame o'th' sudden:-- Well, 'tis but ask and have, I'll send her word I like her, and if she prove peevish, fright her a little with her Lord's Proscription and she yields presently.-- Rock, come hither, Thou saw'st that weeping Woman there.",,10318,"","""Hah, what did I say I Trembl'd, 'tis impossible, can my Heart tremble, that is steel'd with Power?""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:34:53 UTC,"Act III, scene i"
3977,"","Searching ""steel"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"AUR.
Learn of me ye withering Blossoms of distress'd Nobility, how to defie the Ills of Destiny, and worst of Fortune's, Malice. Steel your Hearts with Honour first; then with Generous Resolution; and let Aurelia nobly guide your Steps into the Temple of Perpetual Glory, by a brave Deed irksome to our soft Natures: Yet Portia and Great Sophonisba were our fam'd Examples, and when Lawless Power, and Savage fury threatens with Captivity, when that hour comes, mark me ye Twinns of Vertue when you behold my Conquer'd Spirits faint, with a bright Dagger drench'd in my warm Gore, or my Eyes languish with some Poysonous Draught, which my own hand has nobly ministred.--
Then chuse your fate equal in each degree,
Scorn poor Rebellious Rage, and die like me.",,10319,"","""Steel your Hearts with Honour first; then with Generous Resolution; and let Aurelia nobly guide your Steps into the Temple of Perpetual Glory""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:34:53 UTC,"Act I, scene i"
4014,Magnetism,"Searching ""heart"" and ""iron"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-08 00:00:00 UTC,"GRA.
My aim is fixt at the Rich and Great, he that has Wealth enough, yet longs for more, Count Pirro, the Governour's Heir and Nephew, that rich Lord that knows no end of his large Fortunes, yet still gapes on, for Gold is a sure Bait to gain him, no other Loadstone can attrack his iron heart, 'tis proof against the force of Beauty, else I should not need this Stratagem, for Nature has not prov'd a Nigard to my Daughter.",2009-03-23,10399,•Dramatis Personae: Gravello A Sicilian Lord Father to Lucasia.
•INTEREST. USE in entry as epigraph.,"""Gold is a sure Bait to gain him, no other Loadstone can attrack his iron heart, 'tis proof against the force of Beauty, else I should not need this Stratagem, for Nature has not prov'd a Nigard to my Daughter.""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:34:57 UTC,"Act I, scene i"
4015,"","Searching ""soul"" and ""iron"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-08 00:00:00 UTC,"I'll rise, and try if I can find a Door
Or Window, for some light to view the Room,
That I may guess at this Barbarian.
[Gets up, and feeling about finds a Door.
Fast! Then for a Window.--
This shou'd be one. Down treacherous Bars,
Whose Iron frames scarce Match your Masters Soul
For hardness, since you yield to my weak Hands.
Wou'd he had been as Stupid.
[Seems to open the Shutters, and looks about her.
[In surprize.]
A very stately Chamber! every thing
In handsome Order; Noble, richly hung;
A Sumptuous Bed; Chair, Cabinets, and Pictures
Of costly Figure: This must be some Magnifico's.
What's this? The Story of the poor Lucretia?
[A Picture.
Alas! how wild she looks! how full of Horror!
Resisting what she can, but all too little.
See how the Ravisher improves his hold!
Impetuous Love flames forward through his Eyes,
And all the Satyr rushes on the Dame.
What near Alliance bear our Woes!--Off Eyes;
[In Rage.
No more of this Remembrance, lest my Hands,
Provok'd with Madness, tear you from your Seats.
[Walking about in a Rage, sees a Tablet upon a Cabinet.
Ha! this Tablet gives me a Thought.
It may be of use hereafter, I'll write in't.",,10400,"","""Fast! Then for a Window.-- / This shou'd be one. Down treacherous Bars, / Whose Iron frames scarce Match your Masters Soul / For hardness, since you yield to my weak Hands""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:34:57 UTC,"Act III, scene i"
4016,"","Searching ""steel"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"FRED.
Ah! Heart of Oak, true as Steel I warrant thee; what, you must needs know Mr. Queenlove.",,10401,"","""Ah! Heart of Oak, true as Steel I warrant thee; what, you must needs know Mr. Queenlove.""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:34:57 UTC,"Act I, Scene i"
4042,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""brass"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-03 00:00:00 UTC,"VAL.
Ah, Sir! as my Master was just stepping into Angelica's Lodgings, so nicely drest; his Wigg, I believe, had a pound of Hair, and two pound of Powder in't; he look'd so pretty, that had she but seen him, she must have lov'd him, though her Heart had been made of Brass: But just as he was stepping in--",,10468,"","""[S]he must have lov'd him, though her Heart had been made of Brass""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:35:00 UTC,Act I.
7548,"",C-H Lion,2013-07-17 04:11:40 UTC,"ARPASIA.
A little longer yet, be strong, my Heart,
A little longer let the busy Spirits
Keep on their chearful round.--It won'ot be:
Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach,
Succeeding one another in their Course,
Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble,
At length have worn my boasted Courage down.
I will indulge the Woman in my Soul,
And give a loose to Tears, and to Impatience;
Death is at last my due, and I will have it.--
And see, the poor Moneses comes to take
One sad Adieu, and then we part for ever.
(IV.i, p. 54)",,21853,"","""Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach, / Succeeding one another in their Course, / Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble, / At length have worn my boasted Courage down.""","",2013-07-17 04:11:40 UTC,"Act IV, scene i"
7842,"",ECCO-TCP,2014-03-12 18:05:34 UTC,"PLACENTIA.
Oh! Bassino! Bassino!
Oh! wretched Woman! Oh! that I had dy'd
E'er I had known him false: Then I were happy:
And tho' contented with his second Choice,
He with a pitying Sigh, perhaps, had grac'd
My Memory--
Oh! all ye Powers that virtuous Love inspire,
Assist me now: inform my Vocal Organs
With Angel Eloquence, such as can melt
His Heart of Flint, and move his former Kindness.
(Aside.)
But if that fail, I will remove the Cause
Of both our Woes--Yes, that happy Charmer,
That Rival of my Love shall surely die.
ARMANDO.
Doubt not of the Success: What Heart of Steel
Could ere resist such Beauty drest in Tears?
(pp. 46-7)",,23662,"","""Oh! all ye Powers that virtuous Love inspire, / Assist me now: inform my Vocal Organs / With Angel Eloquence, such as can melt / His Heart of Flint, and move his former Kindness.""","",2014-03-12 18:05:34 UTC,""
7842,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""steel"" in ECCO-TCP",2014-03-12 18:06:30 UTC,"PLACENTIA.
Oh! Bassino! Bassino!
Oh! wretched Woman! Oh! that I had dy'd
E'er I had known him false: Then I were happy:
And tho' contented with his second Choice,
He with a pitying Sigh, perhaps, had grac'd
My Memory--
Oh! all ye Powers that virtuous Love inspire,
Assist me now: inform my Vocal Organs
With Angel Eloquence, such as can melt
His Heart of Flint, and move his former Kindness.
(Aside.)
But if that fail, I will remove the Cause
Of both our Woes--Yes, that happy Charmer,
That Rival of my Love shall surely die.
ARMANDO.
Doubt not of the Success: What Heart of Steel
Could ere resist such Beauty drest in Tears?
(pp. 46-7)",,23663,"","""What Heart of Steel / Could ere resist such Beauty drest in Tears?""",Metal,2014-03-12 18:07:00 UTC,""