"I took the man of my heart, proudly spurning those alliances, where all is fairly engrossed, but the affections, and every thing duly stampt, except an impression on the heart"
— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme [etc.]
Date
1807
Metaphor
"I took the man of my heart, proudly spurning those alliances, where all is fairly engrossed, but the affections, and every thing duly stampt, except an impression on the heart"
Metaphor in Context
MRS. G.
Oh, every thing was prepared that could make a parent happy, or a daughter miserable. Parchment enough to drape Westminster Hall, where every fracture in the conjugal chain was provided against; even to the solder of separate maintenance for personal infidelity.--But no, I took the man of my heart, proudly spurning those alliances, where all is fairly engrossed, but the affections, and every thing duly stampt, except an impression on the heart. But come, Charles, you good creature, shew the lions; for my limbs are cramped by that odious chaise, to a degree.--
Oh, every thing was prepared that could make a parent happy, or a daughter miserable. Parchment enough to drape Westminster Hall, where every fracture in the conjugal chain was provided against; even to the solder of separate maintenance for personal infidelity.--But no, I took the man of my heart, proudly spurning those alliances, where all is fairly engrossed, but the affections, and every thing duly stampt, except an impression on the heart. But come, Charles, you good creature, shew the lions; for my limbs are cramped by that odious chaise, to a degree.--
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Provenance
Searching "heart" and "stamp" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
