"Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel"
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket [etc.]
Date
1774
Metaphor
"Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel"
Metaphor in Context
MACCORMUCK.
I've a small little bit of a lease, d'ye observe me, under one Mr. Rivers, of Castle-Rivers, who I'm told is in this place gambling up and down, so I wou'd fain have him fill it up, d'ye see; and in the meantime I'd let him into the secret a little how his affairs stand, or I shou'd rather say tumble down, in the county of Antrim.--Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel; blood and 'oons, man alive, 'twou'd make all your bowels quake in your body only to hear of it.
I've a small little bit of a lease, d'ye observe me, under one Mr. Rivers, of Castle-Rivers, who I'm told is in this place gambling up and down, so I wou'd fain have him fill it up, d'ye see; and in the meantime I'd let him into the secret a little how his affairs stand, or I shou'd rather say tumble down, in the county of Antrim.--Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel; blood and 'oons, man alive, 'twou'd make all your bowels quake in your body only to hear of it.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
