Posted by Andy on November 06, 2009 at 10:51:21 user AndyG.
In Reply to: Re: literary allusions posted by Peter d'Owdon なんかいのきょうふ on November 05, 2009 at 19:02:22:
Here's another for the wiki - William Congreve, in The Mourning Bride, 1697:
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast"
...Used by Nancy in The Picts and the Martyrs.