"The Pleasantness of this Vision, therefore, served only, on his awakening, to set forth his present Misery with additional Horrour, and to heighten the dreadful Ideas which now crowded on his Mind"
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1743
Metaphor
"The Pleasantness of this Vision, therefore, served only, on his awakening, to set forth his present Misery with additional Horrour, and to heighten the dreadful Ideas which now crowded on his Mind"
Metaphor in Context
His Misfortunes did not entirely prevent Heartfree from closing his Eyes. On the contrary, he slept several Hours the first Night of his Confinement. However, he perhaps paid too [Page 191] severely dear both for his Repose, and for a sweet Dream which accompanied it, and represented his little Family in one of those tender Scenes, which had frequently past in the Days of his Happiness and Prosperity, when the Provision they were making for the future Fortunes of their Children used to be one of the most agreeable Topics of Discourse, with which he and his Wife entertained themselves. The Pleasantness of this Vision, therefore, served only, on his awakening, to set forth his present Misery with additional Horrour, and to heighten the dreadful Ideas which now crowded on his Mind.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "crowd" in HDIS (Prose); found again "ideas"
Citation
At least 13 entries in ESTC (1743, 1754, 1758, 1763, 1774, 1775, 1782, 1785, 1793, 1795).
Text from Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding, 3 vols. (London: Printed for the Author, 1743). [Jonathan Wild in Vol. 3] <Link to LION>
Text from Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding, 3 vols. (London: Printed for the Author, 1743). [Jonathan Wild in Vol. 3] <Link to LION>
Date of Entry
03/11/2006
