Beauty and the charms of a woman's conversation can make a conquest of a lover's heart far more complete than any prospect of interest could have done
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and published by T. Gardner
Date
1744
Metaphor
Beauty and the charms of a woman's conversation can make a conquest of a lover's heart far more complete than any prospect of interest could have done
Metaphor in Context
The young gentleman himself stood in need of no remonstrances of the advantages he might propose by a marriage with Charlotta; her beauty and the charms of her conversation had made a conquest of his heart far more complete than any prospect of interest could have done: not only de Olonne, but the whole sex would now in vain have endeavoured to attract the least regard from him, and as he was naturally vain, he thought nothing but Charlotta de Palfy worthy of him.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Prose)
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
01/20/2005
