"My Tongue has slipp'd, and quite deceiv'd my Heart, / That melts like Wax before your hottest Anger"
The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus
Searching, over 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1723, 1726, 1729, 1740, 1751, 1752, 1753).<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham.</u> 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).<br>
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See also <u>The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the Prologue & the Two Last Chorus's Written by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham.</u> (London: Printed for the Company, [1726?]). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T14960">Link to ESTC</a>&gt<br>
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Appears in <u>The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham</u>, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313050060&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; 