"Lady Ruby is the loadstone that draws away every particle of steel that shou'd fortify my heart, and leaves it weaker than a woman's tear."

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Dilly [etc.]
Date
1795
Metaphor
"Lady Ruby is the loadstone that draws away every particle of steel that shou'd fortify my heart, and leaves it weaker than a woman's tear."
Metaphor in Context
FRED.
Not I; Lady Ruby, Lady Ruby is the loadstone that draws away every particle of steel that shou'd fortify my heart, and leaves it weaker than a woman's tear.
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Drama)
Theme
Magnetism
Date of Entry
06/13/2005

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