"Vengeance!-- / That word has shot its light'ning thro' my soul."
— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for P. Vaillant
Publisher
London
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Vengeance!-- / That word has shot its light'ning thro' my soul."
Metaphor in Context
ZAPHIMRI.
Vengeance!--
That word has shot its light'ning thro' my soul.--
But tell me, Zamti--still 'tis wonder all--
Am I indeed the Royal Orphan?--
(III, p. 40)
Vengeance!--
That word has shot its light'ning thro' my soul.--
But tell me, Zamti--still 'tis wonder all--
Am I indeed the Royal Orphan?--
(III, p. 40)
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).
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
