"[T]he dear, the happy Secret safe lodg'd within my Soul, shou'd take no Air, nor let in the least room for a Conjecture"
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Dan. Browne junr. ... and Sam. Chapman [etc.]
Date
1724
Metaphor
"[T]he dear, the happy Secret safe lodg'd within my Soul, shou'd take no Air, nor let in the least room for a Conjecture"
Metaphor in Context
BEAU.
By Heav'n I wou'd not--your Reputation shou'd be sacred and unblasted--the dear, the happy Secret safe lodg'd within my Soul, shou'd take no Air, nor let in the least room for a Conjecture --then for your Fears, those little Fears, which all your Sex are prone to, and which the Inconstancy of ours too frequently gives Cause for, I'd follow you, as now, with Sighs and Pray'rs, and ardent Vows of everlasting Passion
By Heav'n I wou'd not--your Reputation shou'd be sacred and unblasted--the dear, the happy Secret safe lodg'd within my Soul, shou'd take no Air, nor let in the least room for a Conjecture --then for your Fears, those little Fears, which all your Sex are prone to, and which the Inconstancy of ours too frequently gives Cause for, I'd follow you, as now, with Sighs and Pray'rs, and ardent Vows of everlasting Passion
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Date of Entry
08/29/2005
