"I must steel my heart, Fairfax, when I go to the encounter; must recapitulate all my wrongs."
— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Shepperson and Reynolds
Date
1792
Metaphor
"I must steel my heart, Fairfax, when I go to the encounter; must recapitulate all my wrongs."
Metaphor in Context
I must steel my heart, Fairfax, when I go to the encounter; must recapitulate all my wrongs. I have them noted down severally as they occurred! I
need but read to rage! What do I talk?—Read?—Can I forget them? No; night nor day! They are my familiars. They wake with me, sleep with me, walk with me, ride with me, glower with me, curse with me—but never smile with me. They are become my dearest intimates. I cherish and hug them to my heart! Their biting is my only pleasure!
(VI.cvii, pp. 139-140)
(VI.cvii, pp. 139-140)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "steel" and "heart" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1792, 1800).
Anna St. Ives: A Novel. By Thomas Holcroft. 7 vols. (London: Printed for Shepperson and Reynolds, 1792). <Link to ESTC><Link to Vol. 1 in ECCO-TCP><Vol. 2><Vol. 3><Vol. 4><Vol. 5><Vol. 6><Vol. 7>
Anna St. Ives: A Novel. By Thomas Holcroft. 7 vols. (London: Printed for Shepperson and Reynolds, 1792). <Link to ESTC><Link to Vol. 1 in ECCO-TCP><Vol. 2><Vol. 3><Vol. 4><Vol. 5><Vol. 6><Vol. 7>
Date of Entry
03/13/2014
