"Thy fears are the wild coinage of thy fancy."
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for Samuel Chapman
Publisher
London
Date
1724
Metaphor
"Thy fears are the wild coinage of thy fancy."
Metaphor in Context
SOM.
What cause?--I told thee I had been disorder'd--
Thy fears are the wild coinage of thy fancy,
A subtle self-tormentor!
(I.i, p. 139)
What cause?--I told thee I had been disorder'd--
Thy fears are the wild coinage of thy fancy,
A subtle self-tormentor!
(I.i, p. 139)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "coin" and "fancy" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1724, 1777, 1779).
See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
Date of Review
04/26/2007
