"Now boiling high / With Injuries;--with Outrages!--that burn, / That set the very suffering Soul on Fire!"
— Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for B. Lintot
Date
1722
Metaphor
"Now boiling high / With Injuries;--with Outrages!--that burn, / That set the very suffering Soul on Fire!"
Metaphor in Context
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If royal Lineage; if distinguish'd Blood,
Down from an ancient Race of potent Kings;
Now treasur'd in my Veins:--Now boiling high
With Injuries;--with Outrages!--that burn,
That set the very suffering Soul on Fire!--
Oh, General!--Excuse this Burst of Tears.
(I.i, p. 4)
If royal Lineage; if distinguish'd Blood,
Down from an ancient Race of potent Kings;
Now treasur'd in my Veins:--Now boiling high
With Injuries;--with Outrages!--that burn,
That set the very suffering Soul on Fire!--
Oh, General!--Excuse this Burst of Tears.
(I.i, p. 4)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 4 entries in the ESTC (1722, 1725).
The Briton: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Philips. (London: Printed for B. Lintot, 1722). <Link to ECCO>
The Briton: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Philips. (London: Printed for B. Lintot, 1722). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/25/2013
