text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"""But wherefore thus each gracious phrase repeat,
""Which made her conquest of my heart complete?
""From that blest moment I her slave became,
""And nourish'd in my breast a sacred flame;
""I liv'd but in her presence; ev'ry thought
""From her its hue by inspiration caught:
""Whate'er of virtue lurk'd within my mind
""Became from her example more refin'd,
""Whate'er of ill had there admission gain'd
""Her purity or banish'd or restrain'd;
""From her my ev'ry thought and action sprung,
""Her eyes my guide, my oracle her tongue;
""The silent vassal of her charms I bow'd,
""Exulting in my fate, and of her fetters proud.
""Judge then, oh king! if my subjected heart
""Could 'gainst her sister act a traitor's part,
""If he, who liv'd but in Zapheria's sight,
""Could so ungratefully her smiles requite.
""No--When appearance most my treason prov'd,
""Then most Zapheria and thyself I lov'd,
""And when opposing thee my sword I drew,
""Then to thy service was my soul most true.",2009-09-14 19:46:37 UTC,A woman's conquest of a man's heart may be complete,2005-02-09 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""conque"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16353,6177
"Emma's eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes. A few minutes were sufficient for making her acquainted with her own heart. A mind like her's, once opening to suspicion, made rapid progress. She touched--she admitted--she acknowledged the whole truth. Why was it so much worse that Harriet should be in love with Mr Knightley, that with Frank Churchill? Why was the evil so dreadfully increased by Harriet's having some hope of return? It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!
(III.xi, p. 263)",2011-06-09 20:16:54 UTC,"""It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!""",2005-03-25 00:00:00 UTC,"Volume III, Chapter xi",Free indirect discourse,2011-06-09,"","","Reading Joe Bray's The Epistolary Novel: Representations of Consciousness (2003), p. 22.",16354,6178
"Near sixty years were gone and o'er,
Since, she an Orphan girl and poor,
First pass'd the stately Mansion's door.
In ev'ry duty little Sue
Did all that she was bid to do.
In Kitchen, Laundry, Dairy she
Wore the blithe form of Industry:
Did through her daily work rejoice,
And chirrup with a chearful voice:
She too could spin, and knit, and sew,
And Village Scholarship she knew.
--The Pet of Kitchen, Parlour, Hall,
Thus little Sue was loved by all;
And many a chuck, beneath the chin,
Did the young Maid's affections win:
For she possess'd, devoid of art,
The feelings of a grateful heart.
--Of all the birds she was the guard,
And govern'd the whole poultry yard:
But she would sigh, when call'd, 'tis said,
To pick the chickens she had fed:
For many a tale or false or true,
Brought up a laugh 'gainst little Sue,
--When her young Misses sought the plain
To form a sprightly, sportive train,
She was call'd forth to join the play,
And cheer it with a rustic lay.
--She had a weighty charge, I ween,
To keep my Lady's lap-dog clean;
For none but her dare comb a lock,
Or wash the silky coat of Shock.
--When sorrow, or disease, or pain
Did 'mong the neighb'ring poor complain,
The little Almoner was seen
Tripping, in haste, across the Green;
To learn what might the history be
That ask'd her Lady's charity;
Whose feeling heart ne'er fail'd to grant
What ev'ry kind of woe might want;
And all agreed that little Sue
Wish'd to have nothing else to do.
My Lady's pitying Angel she
Was nam'd by all the peasantry;
For she had been, at Sorrow's call,
A welcome Messenger to all.
--At length a comely woman grown
She was as Mrs. Susan known,
And now became th'attendant maid
Of those with whom she oft had play'd.
Still treated as an humble friend,
She did the Toilette's cares attend.
Susan, in all she had to do,
Was pleasing as in Little Sue.
--She now learn'd those mysterious arts
Which Fashion plies to conquer hearts:
She could arrange, in contrast due,
Each varying colour to the view;
And had attain'd the skill to place
The Ribbon, with superior grace,
To deck the Hat--t'adorn the Bonnet,
And fix the waving Plume upon it:
The Flounce's flow, its depth, its border,
And all the artful, gay disorder
Which studious Milliners possess,
To scatter Taste o'er female dress.",2009-09-14 19:46:42 UTC,"""She now learn'd those mysterious arts / Which Fashion plies to conquer hearts""",2005-02-09 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""conque"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16384,6196
"""This war within, these passions in their strife,
""If thus protracted, had exhausted life;
""But the strong view of these departed years
""Caused a full burst of salutary tears,
""And as I wept at large, and thought alone,
""I felt my reason re-ascend her throne.""
",2009-09-14 19:46:56 UTC,"The ""war within, these passions in their strife, / If thus protracted, had exhausted life""",2004-07-19 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","",HDIS,16459,6213
"""Alas! how soon would doubts again invade
""The willing mind, and sins again persuade!
""I saw it--What?--I was awake, but how?
""Not as I am, or I should see it now:
""It spoke, I think,--I thought, at least it spoke,--
""And look'd alarming--yes, I felt the look.
""But then in sleep those horrid forms arise,
""That the soul sees,--and, we suppose, the eyes,--
""And the soul hears,--the senses then thrown by,
""She is herself the ear, herself the eye;
""A mistress so will free her servile race
""For their own tasks, and take herself the place:
""In sleep what forms will ductile fancy take,
""And what so common as to dream awake?
""On others thus do ghostly guests intrude?
""Or why am I by such advice pursued?
""One out of millions who exist, and why
""They know not--cannot know--and such am I;
""And shall two beings of two worlds, to meet,
""The laws of one, perhaps of both, defeat?
""It cannot be.--But if some being lives
""Who such kind warning to a favourite gives,
""Let him these doubts from my dull spirit clear,
""And once again, expected guest! appear.
",2009-09-14 19:46:56 UTC,"""'Alas! how soon would doubts again invade / 'The willing mind, and sins again persuade!""",2005-05-04 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,Empire,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""invad"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16462,6213
"""Nay, think! the night he died--the very night!""--
""'T is very true, and so perchance he might,
""But in thy mind--not, lady, in thy sight!
""Thou wert not well; forms delicately made
""These dreams and fancies easily invade;
""The mind and body feel the slow disease,
""And dreams are what the troubled fancy sees.""--
""O! but how strange that all should be combined!""--
""True; but such combinations we may find;
""A dream's predicted number gain'd a prize,
""Yet dreams make no impression on the wise,
""Though some chance good, some lucky gain may rise.""--
",2009-09-14 19:46:56 UTC,"""'These dreams and fancies easily invade; / 'The mind and body feel the slow disease,""",2005-05-04 00:00:00 UTC,"",Dualism,,Empire,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""invad"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16463,6213
" ""For this with care preserve the Hearts thy prize,
""Whose conquest well has now repaid thy pain;
""With them triumphantly to heav'n arise:
""There to remoter times shall they remain;
""Till, when at length thy rival shall attain
""Dominion wide, and vice shall dauntless rove,
""For virtue's aid to Britain sent again,
""On her high throne examples shall they prove
""Of pure unblemish'd faith, of constancy and love.
",2009-09-14 19:47:08 UTC,The prize of conquered hearts may repay pain,2005-02-09 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""conque"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16518,6234