"When sick'ning reason labours in the mind, / Advice is the soul's cordial--How shall I act?"
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for Samuel Chapman
Publisher
London
Date
1724
Metaphor
"When sick'ning reason labours in the mind, / Advice is the soul's cordial--How shall I act?"
Metaphor in Context
SOMERSET.
The design is deep!
Perhaps too, not propos'd by your best friends.
OVERBURY.
Now, my lov'd lord, I'll try your friendship's faith!
When sick'ning reason labours in the mind,
Advice is the soul's cordial--How shall I act?
(III.i, p. 151)
The design is deep!
Perhaps too, not propos'd by your best friends.
OVERBURY.
Now, my lov'd lord, I'll try your friendship's faith!
When sick'ning reason labours in the mind,
Advice is the soul's cordial--How shall I act?
(III.i, p. 151)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1724, 1777, 1779).
See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
Date of Entry
08/16/2013
