work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
5793,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-06-11 00:00:00 UTC,"Ye all decisive Powers! ye happy Crew!
The merits of our case now rests with you--
No haughty 'Squire, proud of superior parts,
Comes to o'erbear you with scholastic arts;
A simple sempstress to your worships bends,
And hopes, as most folks do, to gain her ends.
Were Ladies train'd to exercise the Pen,
They'd study day and night--to please the Men:
And should sour Critics female worth oppress,
You would, I'm sure, protect them and redress;
For 'tis the prime of nature's glorious laws
When beauty pleads to vindicate her cause--
I am a Woman, Sirs! my tremors show it,
Then for my sake deal kindly with the Poet;
We from your judgment to your hearts appeal,
Generous as brave, you are not hearts of steel:
Is there a Hector of your blustering tribe
A look won't soften, and a smile won't bribe?
Confirm my hopes then, lay your catcals by,
And bid me wish the anxious culprit joy.",,15453,"","""We from your judgment to your hearts appeal, / Generous as brave, you are not hearts of steel""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:43:41 UTC,""
5796,"","Searching ""fancy"" and ""lamp"" in HDIS (Poetry); found again ""reason""",2006-01-20 00:00:00 UTC,"'Tis passing strange, that thus your fancies hit,
Noise without mirth, and laughter without wit.
In times like these will you the hand accuse,
Which rears a temple to the mourning muse;
That sweet enchantress, who with magic power,
Can fill the vacant, charm the studious hour;
Can give to Fancy's work a blaze more bright,
Or Reason's steady lamp feed with new light;
Will you the well intended act despise,
Which by amusement courts you to be wise?",,15459,"","""That sweet enchantress ... Can give to Fancy's work a blaze more bright, / Or Reason's steady lamp feed with new light.""","",2013-08-23 00:39:48 UTC,Bon Ton Theatricals
5809,"",Searching in HDIS,2004-10-13 00:00:00 UTC,"MUSH.
Madam, as the sublime bard politely sings, the nod of beauty sways both gods and men, and I obey. Gentlemen, the title will at once let you into the whole of what you are to expect in this little production. ""An extempore on the famous Mrs. O'Diggerty's dancing at court.""--Now attend-- ""When beauteous Diggerty leads up the dance
""In fair Britannia's court,
""Then ev'ry heart is in a prance,
""And longs for Cupid's sport.
""Beaux ogle, and pant and gaze,
""Belles envy and sneer, yet praise,
""As Venus herself were there;
""And prudes agree, it must be she,
""It must be she--or Diggerty,
""It must be she--or Diggerty,
""Or Diggerty, the fair.""
[Bows very low to Mrs. Diggerty.
That's all, gentlemen, that's all--only a jeu d'esprit, as I told you; a slight effort of a muse, bound in the silken chains of beauty and delight.",,15481,"",Every heart may be in a prance,"",2009-09-14 19:43:45 UTC,Act I
5820,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"MISS WOOBURN.
By no means, my Lord. Tears from our sex are not always the result of grief; they are frequently no more than little sympathetic tributes which we pay to our fellow-beings, while the mind and the heart are steeled against the weakness which our eyes indicate.",,15534,"","""Tears from our sex are not always the result of grief; they are frequently no more than little sympathetic tributes which we pay to our fellow-beings, while the mind and the heart are steeled against the weakness which our eyes indicate""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:43:55 UTC,"Act III, scene i"
5820,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""steel"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-06-13 00:00:00 UTC,"LORD NORLAND.
Can you say, your mind and heart are so steeled?",,15535,"","""Can you say, your mind and heart are so steeled?""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:43:55 UTC,"Act III, scene i"
5820,"","Searching ""thought"" and ""room"" in HDIS (Drama)",2005-08-29 00:00:00 UTC,LADY ELEANOR
holding him.
Where would you go? 'Tis evening--'tis dark --Whither would you go at this time?
IRWIN.
distractedly.
I must consider what's to be done--and in this room my thoughts are too confined to reflect.
LADY ELEANOR.
And are London streets calculated for reflection?
IRWIN.
No;--for action. To hurry the faint thought to resolution.,,15536,"•Not exactly a metaphor of mind... That is, the mind is not a room here, rather the room impinges on the mind.","""I must consider what's to be done--and in this room my thoughts are too confined to reflect.""",Rooms,2009-09-14 19:43:55 UTC,"Act I, scene iii"
5846,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""stranger"" in HDIS (Drama)",2006-03-06 00:00:00 UTC,"JAPHIS AND OTHER TARTARS.
To each heart pale fear's a stranger,
Honour bids us to the fight.",,15575,"","""To each heart pale fear's a stranger, / Honour bids us to the fight.""",Inhabitants,2009-09-14 19:44:01 UTC,Act I
5847,"",Searching in HDIS (Drama),2006-03-13 00:00:00 UTC,"CHAR.
No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you.",,15576,•I've included twice: Newspaper and Work-bag,"""No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you.""",Writing,2009-09-14 19:44:01 UTC,"Act I, scene i"
7043,"","Searching ""soul"" and ""chain"" in HDIS (Drama)",2011-07-30 20:52:30 UTC,"IBRAHIM
O thou enchantress!
[Starting back]
Thou wife of Orloff! thou hast my soul in chains--drag it not to perdition!
(V.v)",,19074,"","""Thou wife of Orloff! thou hast my soul in chains--drag it not to perdition!""",Fetters,2011-07-30 20:52:30 UTC,"Act V, scene v"
7043,"","Searching ""passion"" and ""chain"" in HDIS (Drama)",2011-08-01 19:45:06 UTC,"IBRAHIM
Christian, thou know'st me not! Whilst left to myself, I could command myself! My ardent passions I could hold in chains, and suppress that love which honor could not sanction--But thou shalt know when thus oppos'd, I own no law but will--drag him away.
(V.v)",,19080,"","""My ardent passions I could hold in chains, and suppress that love which honor could not sanction.""",Fetters,2011-08-01 19:45:06 UTC,"Act V, scene v"