"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1723, 1740
Metaphor
"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
Metaphor in Context
A Heart by Kindness only gain'd,
Will a dear Conquest prove;
And, to be kept, must be maintain'd
At vast Expence of Love.
Will a dear Conquest prove;
And, to be kept, must be maintain'd
At vast Expence of Love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Searching, 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1723, 1726, 1752, 1753, 1779, 1790, 1800).
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/09/2005
