"Tho' I'm convinc'd she lov'd me not, I can't / Banish her Image from my Love-sick mind."
— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date
1700
Metaphor
"Tho' I'm convinc'd she lov'd me not, I can't / Banish her Image from my Love-sick mind."
Metaphor in Context
ALONZO.
Unhappy Pair! But far more wretched me!
For I must live, and live without Aurelia!
Tho' I'm convinc'd she lov'd me not, I can't
Banish her Image from my Love-sick mind
Oh! that I ne'er had seen the charming Fair!
(pp. 65-8)
Unhappy Pair! But far more wretched me!
For I must live, and live without Aurelia!
Tho' I'm convinc'd she lov'd me not, I can't
Banish her Image from my Love-sick mind
Oh! that I ne'er had seen the charming Fair!
(pp. 65-8)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1700, 1720, 1737)
See The Perjur'd Husband: or, the Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy. As 'Twas Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by S. Carroll. (London: Printed for Bennet Banbury, at the Blue Anchor in the New Exchange in the Strand, 1700).<Link to ESTC>
Text from The Perjur'd Husband: or, the Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Centlivre. (London: Printed for W. Feales, 1737). <>
See The Perjur'd Husband: or, the Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy. As 'Twas Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by S. Carroll. (London: Printed for Bennet Banbury, at the Blue Anchor in the New Exchange in the Strand, 1700).<Link to ESTC>
Text from The Perjur'd Husband: or, the Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by His Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Centlivre. (London: Printed for W. Feales, 1737). <>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
