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Nationality of Author:
"Scottish"
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Literary Period:
"Age of Sensibility"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Author name:
"Home, John (1722-1808)"
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Religion of Author:
"Church of Scotland"
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Metaphor Category:
"Mineral"
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Date: Performed Dec 1756, published 1757
"The darts of destiny have almost pierc'd / My marble heart."
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Date: Performed Dec 1756, published 1757
"Men's minds are temper'd, like their swords, for war."
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Date: 1760
"My heart is steel, / I weep not, nor complain."
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Date: 1769
"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."
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