"[Y]our heart more stony was then Coblers wax i'th' dog days"

— Duffett, Thomas (fl. 1674-1678); William Shakespeare (1564-1616)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for William Cademan [etc.]
Date
1675
Metaphor
"[Y]our heart more stony was then Coblers wax i'th' dog days"
Metaphor in Context
ARI.
I have so gally'd 'em, 'twould make your Graces hair stand on end to see how they look; though your heart more stony was then Coblers wax i'th' dog days, 'twould make it in your mouth dissolve like Culvers dung.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "wax" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/11/2005

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