One may, "tho' ever accounted the most roving and inconstant of his Sex," prefer the Conquest of one Heart to all the others he had made
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1725
Metaphor
One may, "tho' ever accounted the most roving and inconstant of his Sex," prefer the Conquest of one Heart to all the others he had made
Metaphor in Context
'Tis certain that for a time they had for each other, Charms which they imagin'd were not to be found elsewhere, she really doated on him with a Transcendency of Passion, and he, tho' ever accounted the most roving and inconstant of his Sex, prefer'd the Conquest of her Heart to all the others he had made, not only because it was the last, but also that when he consulted his Judgment, he knew of none that had the thousandth part of her Merit. --For some Months he devoted himself entirely to her, and in all probability she might much longer have continu'd the reigning Mistress of his Soul, had she not herself been accessary to her own Misfortune, by a Mismanagement, which those who love, as she did, to Madness, can hardly avoid falling into. --There is nothing in the world more difficult, than to forbear talking of that on which our Thoughts are continually employ'd; and as the Idea of her belov'd Dorimenus was never from her Mind, no Conversation was pleasing in which he had not a part. -- Whatever Company she happen'd to be in, she always found some pretence to make him the Theme of her Discourse, and even among those who were the greatest Strangers to him, would invent some way to introduce his Name--But all this fell short of the Satisfaction she wanted:--Her Soul, full of his Charms, wild 'twixt Desire and Transport, could not contain the vast Excess. -- She long'd to impart the mighty Bliss; she panted to pour out the overwhelming Transport.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Prose); Found again.
Citation
At least 6 entries in the ESTC (1725, 1732, 1742).
See The Masqueraders; or Fatal Curiosity: Being the Secret History of a Late Amour. Part II. (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. In Four Volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood., 2nd ed. (London: Printed [partly by Samuel Aris] for Dan. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar ; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
See The Masqueraders; or Fatal Curiosity: Being the Secret History of a Late Amour. Part II. (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. In Four Volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood., 2nd ed. (London: Printed [partly by Samuel Aris] for Dan. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar ; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
01/20/2005
