"To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet."
— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by B. Smith
Date
1783
Metaphor
"To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet."
Metaphor in Context
RUSTIC
[Between the Scenes.]
To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet.
[Enters singing, followed by Reapers.]
(p. 8)
[Between the Scenes.]
To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet.
[Enters singing, followed by Reapers.]
(p. 8)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
23 entries in ESTC (1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1796, 1800).
Frances Brooke, Rosina: a Comic Opera, in Two Acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, for the Company of Booksellers, 1783). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Frances Brooke, Rosina: a Comic Opera, in Two Acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, for the Company of Booksellers, 1783). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/28/2013
