"The debt that lies on your heart, pay in the heart's coin, when you please. At present I am in no want of money"

— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Author

Hoare, Prince (1755-1834); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Work Title

Sighs; or, The Daughter, a Comedy, in Five Acts: as it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue ... Second Edition

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Machell Stace ... J. Hatchard [etc.]
Date
1799
Metaphor
"The debt that lies on your heart, pay in the heart's coin, when you please. At present I am in no want of money"
Metaphor in Context
ADEL.
The debt that lies on your heart, pay in the heart's coin, when you please. At present I am in no want of money
Categories
Money::Coin
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "coin" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
Date of Review
04/26/2007

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