"Perish the barb'rous maxims of the East, / Which basely wou'd enslave the free-born mind, / And plunder it of the best gift of Heav'n, / Its liberty!"
— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1782
Metaphor
"Perish the barb'rous maxims of the East, / Which basely wou'd enslave the free-born mind, / And plunder it of the best gift of Heav'n, / Its liberty!"
Metaphor in Context
DARIUS.
Pharnaces, speak!
I know thou lov'st me; I but meant to chide
Thy flatt'ry, not reprove thee for thy zeal.
Speak boldly, friends, as man shou'd speak to man.
Perish the barb'rous maxims of the East,
Which basely wou'd enslave the free-born mind,
And plunder it of the best gift of Heav'n,
Its liberty!
(pp. 212-3)
Pharnaces, speak!
I know thou lov'st me; I but meant to chide
Thy flatt'ry, not reprove thee for thy zeal.
Speak boldly, friends, as man shou'd speak to man.
Perish the barb'rous maxims of the East,
Which basely wou'd enslave the free-born mind,
And plunder it of the best gift of Heav'n,
Its liberty!
(pp. 212-3)
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Citation
16 entries in the ESTC (1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800).
See Hannah More, Sacred Dramas: Chiefly Intended for Young Persons: the Subjects Taken from the Bible. To which is Added, Sensibility, a Poem. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Hannah More, Sacred Dramas: Chiefly Intended for Young Persons: the Subjects Taken from the Bible. To which is Added, Sensibility, a Poem. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/16/2013
