"When once a Woman has disposed of every Thing in her Power to give, it must be Softness only, and fond Compliance with her Lover's Will, that can maintain her Empire o'er his Heart."
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for D. Browne Junr. and W. Chetwood
Date
1723, 1725
Metaphor
"When once a Woman has disposed of every Thing in her Power to give, it must be Softness only, and fond Compliance with her Lover's Will, that can maintain her Empire o'er his Heart."
Metaphor in Context
When once a Woman has disposed of every Thing in her Power to give, it must be Softness only, and fond Compliance with her Lover's Will, that can maintain her Empire o'er his Heart. ----The Power which once this Lady had, was already shock'd by the newer and more potent Charms of the incomparable Idalia; and the Violence of her impatient Jealousy bringing to his Remembrance a thousand Faults in her Humour, which in the Noon of Passion's Sun were hid, but now, in the Wane of his Affections, appear'd in their worst Colours, she began not only to appear distasteful to his softer Sentiments, but also to seem justly so to those which Reason had the greatest Share in inspiring. ---He knew not, however, to what Extremes her Indignation might transport her; and to prevent what she might contrive, thought it the best way to remove Idalia. He had a little Villa at Vicenza, about a Day's Journey from Padua, in the Road to Verona, one of the most pleasantly situated Places in all Italy, having its Foundation on a Hill, which afforded a Prospect of the whole Country round for many Miles. The Sweetness of the Air, and the Variety of rural Diversions she might find there, he hop'd might have an Influence over her Melancholy, and in time wear off the Bitterness of those agonizing Reflections which at present she was so full of.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire in HDIS (Prose)
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1723, 1725, 1732, 1742).
See Idalia: or, The Unfortunate Mistress. A Novel. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. (London: Printed for D. Browne junr. at the Black Swan, without Temple Bar ; W. Chetwood, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden ; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1723). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Vol. 3 of Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. 4 vols, 2nd ed. (London Printed for Dan. Browne, Jun. and S. Chapman, 1725). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
See Idalia: or, The Unfortunate Mistress. A Novel. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. (London: Printed for D. Browne junr. at the Black Swan, without Temple Bar ; W. Chetwood, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden ; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1723). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Vol. 3 of Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. 4 vols, 2nd ed. (London Printed for Dan. Browne, Jun. and S. Chapman, 1725). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
Date of Entry
08/16/2004
