"No, Madam, I say, not that I mean to use my Power, I tell you only what it is, my Heart has broke your Chain, I claim no Right over you."
— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintot
Date
January 16, 1719
Metaphor
"No, Madam, I say, not that I mean to use my Power, I tell you only what it is, my Heart has broke your Chain, I claim no Right over you."
Metaphor in Context
MR. OMBRE
No, Madam, I say, not that I mean to use my Power, I tell you only what it is, my Heart has broke your Chain, I claim no Right over you: Return, to your Ruin: Associate with your Faithless Friends, see how they will receive you, now your Honour, that is your Money, is lost?
(IV.iv)
No, Madam, I say, not that I mean to use my Power, I tell you only what it is, my Heart has broke your Chain, I claim no Right over you: Return, to your Ruin: Associate with your Faithless Friends, see how they will receive you, now your Honour, that is your Money, is lost?
(IV.iv)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Charles Johnson, The Masquerade. A comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Johnson (London: Bernard Lintot, 1719). <:Link to Google Books><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/28/2011
