"No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses"

— Richardson, Joseph (1755-1803)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Debrett [etc.]
Date
1792
Metaphor
"No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses"
Metaphor in Context
YOUNG MANLY.
No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses--But, what do you think, my noble commander, of gaining the woman one loves. Can your old weather-beaten fancy conceive any joy equal to that?
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
05/25/2005

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