"Is human nature exil'd from thy breast?"

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)


Place of Publication
Printed for P. Vaillant
Publisher
London
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Is human nature exil'd from thy breast?"
Metaphor in Context
MANDANE.
And can it then be true?
Is human nature exil'd from thy breast?
Art thou, indeed, so barb'rous?--
(II, p. 30)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed April 21, 1759. 10 entries in ESTC (1759, 1761, 1763, 1772, 1787, 1797).

Text from The Orphan of China, A Tragedy, As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for P. Vaillant, 1759).
Date of Entry
11/18/2013

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