"And by him is our union also sanctioned!--love too first chained our hearts together, and nature drew the bond more closely."

— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Phillips
Date
1799
Metaphor
"And by him is our union also sanctioned!--love too first chained our hearts together, and nature drew the bond more closely."
Metaphor in Context
ADELAIDE
And by him is our union also sanctioned!--love too first chained our hearts together, and nature drew the bond more closely. Henry, embrace thy father's knees!--entreat him not to thrust away thy mother!
(II.ii)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Trans. Anne Plumptre, La-Peyrouse, A Drama, In Two Acts. By Augustus Von Kotzebue (London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1799). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/29/2011

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