One may make "a conquest of a heart, without knowing it, which not the utmost endeavours of any other could ever subdue"
— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Gardner
Date
1751
Metaphor
One may make "a conquest of a heart, without knowing it, which not the utmost endeavours of any other could ever subdue"
Metaphor in Context
To Charles Trueworth, Esq;
'Sir,
Extraordinary merits seldom fail of having as extraordinary effects;-- you have made a conquest of a heart, without knowing it, which not the utmost endeavours of any other could ever subdue. --I am commissioned to acquaint you, that a lady of some consideration in the world, and a large fortune in her own hands, thinks you alone deserve to be the master, both of that and of herself; but as she is apprehensive of your being already engaged, begs you will be so generous as to confess the truth, that if so, she may put a timely stop to the progress of her growing passion;--if not, you will, doubtless, hear more from her by the hand of,
'Sir,
Your unknown servant.
'P.S. Please to send this back, with your answer wrote on the other side of the paper, which you may put up under a cover sealed up, but without any direction. --Sincerity and secrecy are earnestly requested.'
(p. 100)
'Sir,
Extraordinary merits seldom fail of having as extraordinary effects;-- you have made a conquest of a heart, without knowing it, which not the utmost endeavours of any other could ever subdue. --I am commissioned to acquaint you, that a lady of some consideration in the world, and a large fortune in her own hands, thinks you alone deserve to be the master, both of that and of herself; but as she is apprehensive of your being already engaged, begs you will be so generous as to confess the truth, that if so, she may put a timely stop to the progress of her growing passion;--if not, you will, doubtless, hear more from her by the hand of,
'Sir,
Your unknown servant.
'P.S. Please to send this back, with your answer wrote on the other side of the paper, which you may put up under a cover sealed up, but without any direction. --Sincerity and secrecy are earnestly requested.'
(p. 100)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Prose
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).
Date of Entry
09/30/2004
