"Your iron heart brings me to myself"
— Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... by S. Hamilton [etc.]
Date
1799
Metaphor
"Your iron heart brings me to myself"
Metaphor in Context
CLARANSFORTH
[inattentive to Timothy].
Yes; I'll add suicide to murder, and end my remorse at once.
TIMOTHY
[going calmly up to kim].
And where would'st thou be buried, friend? Before thou committest the rash act, to whom dost thou bequeath the vast sums of which thou art possessed? Whom dost thou appoint thy pall-bearers? and what kind of tomb-stone would'st thou have erected to thy memory?
CLARANSFORTH
Your iron heart brings me to myself.--While there is a hope my Ellen lives, I will live for her. Quaker, farewell! and, notwithstanding all the agony I at this moment endure, I would not exchange my sensibility for your indifference.
[inattentive to Timothy].
Yes; I'll add suicide to murder, and end my remorse at once.
TIMOTHY
[going calmly up to kim].
And where would'st thou be buried, friend? Before thou committest the rash act, to whom dost thou bequeath the vast sums of which thou art possessed? Whom dost thou appoint thy pall-bearers? and what kind of tomb-stone would'st thou have erected to thy memory?
CLARANSFORTH
Your iron heart brings me to myself.--While there is a hope my Ellen lives, I will live for her. Quaker, farewell! and, notwithstanding all the agony I at this moment endure, I would not exchange my sensibility for your indifference.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
