One's "vital life" dwells in the heart
— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Tonson
Date
1722
Metaphor
One's "vital life" dwells in the heart
Metaphor in Context
HUMPHREY
I find, sir, you are irrecoverably fixed upon this lady.
BEVIL JUNIOR
As my vital life dwells in my heart. And yet you see what I do to please my father: walk in this pageantry of dress, this splendid covering of sorrow. But, Humphrey, you have your lesson.
(Act I, scene ii, p. 235)
I find, sir, you are irrecoverably fixed upon this lady.
BEVIL JUNIOR
As my vital life dwells in my heart. And yet you see what I do to please my father: walk in this pageantry of dress, this splendid covering of sorrow. But, Humphrey, you have your lesson.
(Act I, scene ii, p. 235)
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Citation
First performed November, 1722. At least 87 entries in ESTC (1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1729, 1730, 1732, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747, 1751, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1782, 1785, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1794).
Text from The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Richard Steele (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723).
Reading in Scott McMillin's Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. (New York: Norton, 1973).
Text from The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Richard Steele (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723).
Reading in Scott McMillin's Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. (New York: Norton, 1973).
Date of Entry
07/22/2003
