"[W]e are here idle at present, but shall not long be so; and you will have occasions enough to prove your courage, and gratify that love of arms which, my brother informs me, is the predominant passion of your soul."
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and published by T. Gardner
Date
1744
Metaphor
"[W]e are here idle at present, but shall not long be so; and you will have occasions enough to prove your courage, and gratify that love of arms which, my brother informs me, is the predominant passion of your soul."
Metaphor in Context
When he had done, I am much obliged, said he, to the zeal these letters tell me you have expressed for my service, and shall not be ungrateful:--we are here idle at present, but shall not long be so; and you will have occasions enough to prove your courage, and gratify that love of arms which, my brother informs me, is the predominant passion of your soul.
Provenance
Searching "predominant passion" in HDIS
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1744, 1746, 1748, 1761).
Text from The Fortunate Foundlings: Being the Genuine History of Colonel M---rs, and his Sister, Madam du P---y, the Issue of Hon. Ch---es M---rs, Son of the late Duke of R---l---d. Containing Many wonderful Accidents that befel them in their Travels, and interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, in the most polite Courts of Europe. The Whole Calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of both Sexes. 2nd ed. (London: Printed and published by T. Gardner, 1744).
Text from The Fortunate Foundlings: Being the Genuine History of Colonel M---rs, and his Sister, Madam du P---y, the Issue of Hon. Ch---es M---rs, Son of the late Duke of R---l---d. Containing Many wonderful Accidents that befel them in their Travels, and interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, in the most polite Courts of Europe. The Whole Calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of both Sexes. 2nd ed. (London: Printed and published by T. Gardner, 1744).
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
06/05/2004
