"here's Redmond O'Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of."
— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by John Whitworth
Date
1797
Metaphor
"here's Redmond O'Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of."
Metaphor in Context
BILLY.
I'm an impudent scoundrel! my twenty little babes shall never learn manners from you, old Sullivan. Here a young lady falls in love with a young fellow, merely for his prettyness, and I'm to be badger'd by her codger of a father.--I'll be damn'd if I don't have her tho'--this hand that has squeez'd a lady's finger, brush coats!--no, no, Bob Sullivan, I'll back no more to your mouldy cupboard,--I'll run away with her, or I'll be-- oh! here's Redmond O'Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of.
I'm an impudent scoundrel! my twenty little babes shall never learn manners from you, old Sullivan. Here a young lady falls in love with a young fellow, merely for his prettyness, and I'm to be badger'd by her codger of a father.--I'll be damn'd if I don't have her tho'--this hand that has squeez'd a lady's finger, brush coats!--no, no, Bob Sullivan, I'll back no more to your mouldy cupboard,--I'll run away with her, or I'll be-- oh! here's Redmond O'Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed on April 13, 1796. Only 1 entry in ESTC (1797).
The Wicklow Mountains; or the Lad of The Hills, a Comic Opera, in Two Acts. Written by O'Keefe (Dublin: Printed by John Whitworth, 1797). <Link to ESTC>
The Wicklow Mountains; or the Lad of The Hills, a Comic Opera, in Two Acts. Written by O'Keefe (Dublin: Printed by John Whitworth, 1797). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
