Powerful charms may extend "their empire over the heart"

— Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Paul Vaillant
Date
1770
Metaphor
Powerful charms may extend "their empire over the heart"
Metaphor in Context
CHARLOT
Suppose then, Sir, those powerful charms which made a conquest of you, may have extended their empire over the heart of Sir Luke?
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed on June 22, 1770. 4 entries in ESTC (1770, 1787, 1794).

See The Lame Lover, a Comedy in Three Acts. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market. by Samuel Foote (London: Printed for Paul Vaillant: and sold by P. Elmsly ... and Robinson and Roberts, 1764).
Date of Entry
08/16/2004

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