"How delightful a thing it is to love, when there is no Obstacle to those aimiable Chains with which two Hearts are united together!"
— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by and for John Watts
Date
1739
Metaphor
"How delightful a thing it is to love, when there is no Obstacle to those aimiable Chains with which two Hearts are united together!"
Metaphor in Context
HIACINTHA
Alas! Why must our just Inclinations be cross'd? How delightful a thing it is to love, when there is no Obstacle to those aimiable Chains with which two Hearts are united together!
(III.i)
Alas! Why must our just Inclinations be cross'd? How delightful a thing it is to love, when there is no Obstacle to those aimiable Chains with which two Hearts are united together!
(III.i)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).
Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, The Works of Moliere, French and English, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, The Works of Moliere, French and English, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/28/2011
