"The mind's disease, perhaps, I'm not less a stranger to--Oh! trust the noble patient to my care."

— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Date
1788
Metaphor
"The mind's disease, perhaps, I'm not less a stranger to--Oh! trust the noble patient to my care."
Metaphor in Context
HAS.
In the most fatal symptoms I have undertaken the body's cure. The mind's disease, perhaps, I'm not less a stranger to--Oh! trust the noble patient to my care.

Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed: 10 Feb 1787. 6 entries in ESTC (1788, 1790, 1800).

Such Things Are; A Play, In Five Acts. As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. By Mrs. Inchbald (London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/06/2006

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