The heart may be sore

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)


Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
George Folliet Hopkins
Date
1800
Metaphor
The heart may be sore
Metaphor in Context
Why, I asked, did she weep.

My heart is sore.
(Part II, chapter 25, p. 636)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1799, 1800).

First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.

See Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793. Second Part. By the author of Wieland, Ormond, Huntley [sic], &c. (New-York: Printed and sold by George F. Hopkins, at Washington’s Head, 136, Pearl-Street, 1800). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/21/2003

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