"Your brother, narrow-hearted, inhuman wretch, I blot forever from my thoughts"
— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1761
Metaphor
"Your brother, narrow-hearted, inhuman wretch, I blot forever from my thoughts"
Metaphor in Context
I dressed myself in these old cloaths on purpose, and what the success of my scheme has been you know. Your brother, narrow-hearted, inhuman wretch, I blot forever from my thoughts: it will be the better for you, though I have more than enough for you both.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "blot" and "heart" in HDIS (Prose); found again "blot" and "thought"
Citation
9 entries in ESTC (1761, 1767, 1772, 1782, 1786, 1796).
Text from Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Extracted from Her Own Journal, And now First Published. In Three Volumes. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Extracted from Her Own Journal, And now First Published. In Three Volumes. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/25/2005