"There were some passages in both your letters that plucked my very heart-strings"
— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall
Date
1770
Metaphor
"There were some passages in both your letters that plucked my very heart-strings"
Metaphor in Context
There were some passages in both your letters that plucked my very heart-strings. Oh, Audley, do I deserve to be beloved as Miss Arnold loves me! She would not say a word to hinder my marriage, she would die rather than see me unhappy! How I could curse thee, thou barbarian, who couldst be proof against the tears, the swoonings, the tender complaints of this amiable unfortunate girl! But why should I blame thee? Am not I myself the cause, the wicked cause of all her distress? Yet take heed, take heed how you treat her; if she yields herself to your wishes, I will endeavour to be as happy as my guilt will let me; but if you have recourse to violence, remember how I closed my last letter--that's all.--
(pp. 166-7)
(pp. 166-7)
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Prose)
Citation
6 entries in ESTC (1767, 1770, 1796).
Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, As prepared for the Press By the Late Editor of the Former Part (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1770).
Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, As prepared for the Press By the Late Editor of the Former Part (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1770).
Date of Entry
03/25/2005
