"They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax."
— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Phillips
Date
1799
Metaphor
"They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax."
Metaphor in Context
JUAN.
They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax.
They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "wax" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1799, 1800).
The Virgin of the Sun. A Play, in Five Acts: by Augustus Von Kotzebue. Translated from the Genuine German Edition by Anne Plumptre (London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1799).
The Virgin of the Sun. A Play, in Five Acts: by Augustus Von Kotzebue. Translated from the Genuine German Edition by Anne Plumptre (London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1799).
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
