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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Politics of Author:
"Whiggish"
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Metaphor Category:
"War"
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Gender of Author:
"Female"
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Work title:
"The Inhumane Cardinal, or Innocence Betray'd"
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Literary Period:
"Early Modern"
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Genre:
"Prose Fiction"
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Date: 1696
"Is your heart made of that impenetrable Mould, that Sighs and Prayers are vain Batteries; or doth some hidden happy Youth rob me of my desir'd Prize? She blusht at that, and he observ'd it."
preview | full record— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)
Date: 1696
"'Twas not with ease the Usurper got Possession here (went she on; pointing to her Heart) nor will he be with ease dislodg'd. All the Sighs and Tears it cost Emilius to gain this Virgin Heart, to bind it in the Inchanting Chains of Tyrannick Love; I must, with Interest, pay back, e'er I can set t...
preview | full record— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)