"Our General amidst the Noise of War, / Has a Soul tun'd to all the softer Passions."

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


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Coote; and T. Davies
Date
1761
Metaphor
"Our General amidst the Noise of War, / Has a Soul tun'd to all the softer Passions."
Metaphor in Context
A WO.
Come, beauteous Stranger! give a Loose to Joy--
Our General amidst the Noise of War,
Has a Soul tun'd to all the softer Passions
--
Enough, she smiles Consent, return we back
With the glad Answer of our Embassy.
(II.iii, p. 12)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1761, 1766, 1769, 1773).

Judith: A Sacred Drama. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. The Music composed by Dr. Arne. (London: Printed for J. Coote; and T. Davies, 1761). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014

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