One may be "tost about at the pleasure of every wind" and"hurried thro' the ocean of life, just as each each predominant passion direction
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Gardner
Date
1751
Metaphor
One may be "tost about at the pleasure of every wind" and"hurried thro' the ocean of life, just as each each predominant passion direction
Metaphor in Context
She was, indeed, as yet too young to consider of the justice of the other's reasoning, and her future conduct shewed, also, she was not of a humour to give her self much pains in examining, or weighing in the balance of judgment, the merit of the arguments she heard urged, whether for or against any point whatsoever. She had a great deal of wit, but was too volatile for reflection, and as a ship, without sufficient ballast, is tost about at the pleasure of every wind that blows, so was she hurried thro' the ocean of life, just as each predominant passion directed.
(I.ii, p. 10-11)
(I.ii, p. 10-11)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "predominant passion" in HDIS
Citation
9 entries in the ESTC (1751, 1752, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1772, 1783).
See Eliza Haywood, The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, In Four Volumes (London: Printed by T. Gardner, 1751). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Reading The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, ed. Christine Blouch (Peterborough: Broadview, 1998).
See Eliza Haywood, The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, In Four Volumes (London: Printed by T. Gardner, 1751). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Reading The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, ed. Christine Blouch (Peterborough: Broadview, 1998).
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
06/05/2004
