"O yes, this is his valet that Lady Jane mentioned, this is her O'Donovan and my Aircourt, but my heart is steel'd against him"

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

Author

O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

Work Title

The Toy; or, The Lie of the Day. In five acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, in 1788. [from The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe ... Published under the gracious patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Prepared for the press by the author. In four volumes]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author, by T. Woodfall [etc.]
Date
1788
Metaphor
"O yes, this is his valet that Lady Jane mentioned, this is her O'Donovan and my Aircourt, but my heart is steel'd against him"
Metaphor in Context
SOPH.
O yes, this is his valet that Lady Jane mentioned, this is her O'Donovan and my Aircourt, but my heart is steel'd against him

(aside)

--Sir, I beseech you not to admit this gentleman.
Categories
Mineral::Steel
Provenance
Searching "steel" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/24/2005

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