" If thy Heart is not insensible as Brass, or Steel, once more, at least, let my rash Folly find a Pardon"

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller James (1706-1744); Molière (1622-1673)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by and for John Watts
Date
1739
Metaphor
" If thy Heart is not insensible as Brass, or Steel, once more, at least, let my rash Folly find a Pardon"
Metaphor in Context
LELIUS
Ah! If thy Heart is not insensible as Brass, or Steel, once more, at least, let my rash Folly find a Pardon; if to gain this Boon 'tis necessary I should kiss thy Feet; behold me--

Provenance
Searching "heart" and "brass" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).

Text from The Works of Moliere, French and English. In ten volumes, trans. Henry Baker and James Miller (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/09/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.