"Alas! that I shou'd view your Heart in the Mirror of my own!"
— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756); Terence (c. 190 - 159 B.C.)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Battley and T. Cox
Date
1734
Metaphor
"Alas! that I shou'd view your Heart in the Mirror of my own!"
Metaphor in Context
CHAR.
After I told you that I lov'd her, then she had Charms for you. Alas! that I shou'd view your Heart in the Mirror of my own!
After I told you that I lov'd her, then she had Charms for you. Alas! that I shou'd view your Heart in the Mirror of my own!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "mirror" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1734, 1748, 1749).
Text from Terence's Comedys, Translated into English, with Critical and explanatory Notes. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the Life and Writings of Terence, containing An Enquiry into the Rise and Progress of dramatic Poetry in Greece and Rome, with Remarks on the comic Measure (London: Printed for J. Battley and T. Cox, 1734). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Terence's Comedys, Translated into English, with Critical and explanatory Notes. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the Life and Writings of Terence, containing An Enquiry into the Rise and Progress of dramatic Poetry in Greece and Rome, with Remarks on the comic Measure (London: Printed for J. Battley and T. Cox, 1734). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
11/30/2005
