"My brain's on fire, my blood begins to boil."

— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1756
Metaphor
"My brain's on fire, my blood begins to boil."
Metaphor in Context
CLYTIE.
Stay ye yet awhile;
My brain's on fire, my blood begins to boil:
What do you hold me for?--Stand off
(III.v, p. 55)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Never acted. Only 1 entry in ESTC (1756).

Leucöthoe. A Dramatic Poem (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1756). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/26/2013

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