"[T]hen here's my hand! for thou art the best soul living; with a heart of gold, and heels of feather, in the service of humanity"
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811); Maria Geisweiler (fl.1799); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Dilly [etc.]
Date
1795
Metaphor
"[T]hen here's my hand! for thou art the best soul living; with a heart of gold, and heels of feather, in the service of humanity"
Metaphor in Context
EMILY.
Did you so? then here's my hand! for thou art the best soul living; with a heart of gold, and heels of feather, in the service of humanity. Ah! why did cruel Fortune cramp thy powers, when Nature so enriched thee with benevolence?
Did you so? then here's my hand! for thou art the best soul living; with a heart of gold, and heels of feather, in the service of humanity. Ah! why did cruel Fortune cramp thy powers, when Nature so enriched thee with benevolence?
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "gold" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
05/25/2005
