"My Heart flutters like a Bird: I long for Mrs. Martha's Return.

— Miller, James (1704-1744)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Rayner
Date
1732
Metaphor
"My Heart flutters like a Bird: I long for Mrs. Martha's Return.
Metaphor in Context
FLIRTILLA.
My Heart flutters like a Bird: I long for Mrs. Martha's Return. You are sure that she is not known to any of his Attendants.

SKIRRESSA
There is no room for Fear; the Girl seldom stirs out of doors, and I never suffer her to see any Company.
(III.i)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/29/2012

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