work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
7497,"",C-H Lion,2013-07-01 14:34:45 UTC,"'But methinks, said Olimpia, one recommended by me, should make a little deeper impression on that frigid Heart of yours. Behold here, added she, (taking out a gold Box, and opening it) your Picture which with much ado I obtain'd from the Amorous Prince for an hour or two.' Melora took it in her hand, and view'd it with wonder; nor could she chuse; for it was a dazling Object, being set Oval fashion in large Diamonds: Round the fairest, which was uppermost, these words were ingraven;
Dim, to the Lustre of her Eyes.
'Now, Madam, cry'd Melora eagerly, you must forgive my Curiosity, and permit me, like my Sex, to be wondrous inquisitive: For the Title of Prince, which you have given this unknown, and the brightness of these Jewels, strike me into amazement; I cannot believe your Goodness would abuse my Credulity with fictitious Stories; nor can I have Pride enough to imagine a Prince my Lover. What I told you before, I solemnly confirm, says Olimpia, he is not only your Lover, but Slave; yet over part of the World an Absolute Soveraign: All this is truth; but 'tis a Truth of such a consequence, that I must lay upon you wonderful Injunctions e're I venture to unravel it, your faithful Breast must lock this Secret up as safe as if my Life depended upon disclosing it; or if there is any thing you hold dearer, by that I conjure you, let not your own Father know the least Circumstance of this Discovery; and if you dare trust me wholly with the Management of your Fortune, which 'twould break my Heart to doubt; in earnest you shall suddenly appear the most glorious, as well as the most beautiful Princess in Europe.'
(pp. 21-3)",,21336,"","""But methinks, said Olimpia, one recommended by me, should make a little deeper impression on that frigid Heart of yours.""",Impressions,2013-07-01 14:34:45 UTC,""
7497,"",C-H Lion,2013-07-01 14:37:13 UTC,"'I have describ'd her Garb (said Olimpia smiling, and pointing to a large Looking-glass that hung in the Closet) but you must look in yonder Mirrour to see her Person. Melora blush'd, and Olimpia went on.' The Prince, at this moment, banish'd from his Breast the Idea of all the Court-Beauties he had ever seen, and gaz'd on this Master-piece of Nature so long, till he had imprinted Cordelia's Image too deep for time ever to deface. Whilst the Ladies, far from guessing at an Observer, finish'd their Walk, and went in, leaving Alphonsus like one who had seen a Vision, all surpriz'd. When he began to think, he summons his rambling Humour to his aid, and the improbability of obtaining his desires. This, and much more, he thought, but all in vain; her Shape, her Mien, her charming Face; then her noble Mind surpassing all, secured him her Slave for ever. He resolv'd a thousand Projects in his working Brain, which way to obtain access to her. Sometimes he tormented himself, because he had not spoke to her when she was there; now pleas'd with the hopes she would return. In these restless Cogitations he spent most part of the day. As the Evening began to approach, Don Castro who had often visited the outside of the Wall, was in a great Consternation; he fear'd some mischief had befaln the Prince; and knew not what Method to take to be satisfy'd. At last not being able to remain longer in suspence of his safety, he went boldly to the Front of the House, and knock'd at the Gate: the Porter came, and when he had open'd it, says Don Castro; 'Pray, Friend, what is become of a Gentleman that came this morning into your Garden? If your have done mischief to him, all your Lives, even to the highest of your Family, must answer it.'
(pp. 35-7)",,21338,"","""The Prince, at this moment, banish'd from his Breast the Idea of all the Court-Beauties he had ever seen, and gaz'd on this Master-piece of Nature so long, till he had imprinted Cordelia's Image too deep for time ever to deface.""",Impressions,2013-07-01 14:37:13 UTC,""
7497,"",C-H Lion,2013-07-01 14:41:07 UTC,"This is the Prince, who, remaining privately at Rome, to solicite his present Holyness for the regaining his right in Ferrara, has seen you: and left his heart and liberty at your Feet. His many applications to me, for the furtherance of his affairs, have given me opportunity to be throughly acquainted with him: and I have discover'd such a Noble goodness in his temper that he does truly excel all others of his Sex. From him I had the foregoing story, which perhaps to you might sound Romantick, because I so punctually related each particular; but my hearing it often from this Prince Alphonsus, had deeply impress'd every circumstance in my memory. I would not undertake to be his Advocate, especially, my Dear to you, (went Olimpia on, with the kindest aspect in the world:) did I not know him well; and also know that my interest with his Holyness, is of that large extent, as to Re-establish this Prince, in the Throne of his Ancestors. But I am convinc'd, he is in love to that degree; that all the Kingdoms of the Earth can never make him happy, without your favour.
(pp. 79-80)",,21342,"","""From him I had the foregoing story, which perhaps to you might sound Romantick, because I so punctually related each particular; but my hearing it often from this Prince Alphonsus, had deeply impress'd every circumstance in my memory.""",Impressions,2013-07-01 14:41:07 UTC,""
7946,"",Reading (in the British Library),2014-06-22 03:43:37 UTC,"When the outward object hath made its impression, and stamped the idea, the passive organ hath then done its part, and the rest is accomplished by the presiding mind. Which, like a skilful artist, goes to work upon the materials furnished by the senses; comparing selecting, analysing, and abstracting; till by placing them in different points of view their fitness, relations, and dependencies are seen. Then the first rays of truth break in upon the mind; the principles of knowledge are established; and the powers of reason are employed. Led by the light of truths already known, new truths are daily discovered; the bounds of knowledge are gradually englarged; and the mind is all enlightened.
(pp. 54-5)",,24098,"","""When the outward object hath made its impression, and stamped the idea, the passive organ hath then done its part, and the rest is accomplished by the presiding mind.""",Impressions,2014-06-22 03:43:37 UTC,""
7946,"",Reading (in the British Library),2014-06-22 03:47:54 UTC,"A block of marble is hewn from the quarry, and brought to PHIDIAS a rude and shapeless mass. He works upon it, reduces it into shape, gives it form and proportion, and a beautiful statue is produced. Is PHIDIAS himself who performed the work, a fragment from a rock? and is the idea of beauty after which he worked no more than a marble image within him?
But the difference is much greater between the ideas of sense, the materials upon which the mind first begins its work, and the truths produced by its operations, than between the rough marble, and the statue formed by the skill of PHIDIAS.
Let matter then be allowed to furnish the first materials; the enlightened mind, which by its operations upon these discovers truth, and pursues it through all its distant connections, must have powers as far superiour to that which gave the first impression, as PHIDIAS is superiour to the marble.
(pp. 55-6)",,24101,"","""Let matter then be allowed to furnish the first materials; the enlightened mind, which by its operations upon these discovers truth, and pursues it through all its distant connections, must have powers as far superiour to that which gave the first impression, as PHIDIAS is superiour to the marble.""","",2014-06-22 03:47:54 UTC,""