"A thousand tender Ideas rushed all at once on my Mind."
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1752
Metaphor
"A thousand tender Ideas rushed all at once on my Mind."
Metaphor in Context
'About a Month after the Accident, when Amelia began to see general Company, in a Mask, I had the Honour to drink Tea with her. We were alone together, and I begged her to indulge my Curiosity by shewing me her Face. She answered in a most obliging Manner, "Perhaps, Mr. Booth, you will as little know me when my Mask is off as when it is on; and at the same instant unmasked." --A thousand tender Ideas rushed all at once on my Mind. I was unable to contain myself, and eagerly kissing her Hand, I cried---Upon my Soul, Madam, you never appeared to me so lovely as at this Instant. Nothing more remarkable passed at this Visit; but I sincerely believe we were neither of us hereafter indifferent to each other.
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HDIS (Prose)
Citation
13 entries in ESTC (1752, 1762, 1771, 1775, 1777, 1780, 1790, 1793).
See Amelia. By Henry Fielding, 4 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1752). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Henry Fielding, Amelia, ed. David Blewett (London: Penguin Books, 1987).
See Amelia. By Henry Fielding, 4 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1752). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Henry Fielding, Amelia, ed. David Blewett (London: Penguin Books, 1987).
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
Date of Review
01/28/2004
