"And when this Conceit once had Birth in his Mind, several Circumstances nourished and improved it."
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1752
Metaphor
"And when this Conceit once had Birth in his Mind, several Circumstances nourished and improved it."
Metaphor in Context
After much Deliberation on this Matter, a very strange Suspicion came into his Head; and this was, that he was betrayed by Mrs. Ellison . He had for some time conceived no very high Opinion of that good Gentlewoman, and he now began to suspect that she was bribed to betray him. By this means he thought he could best account for the strange Appearance of the supposed Madman. And when this Conceit once had Birth in his Mind, several Circumstances nourished and improved it. Among these were her jocose Behaviour and Raillery on that Occasion, and her Attempt to ridicule his Fears from the Message which the Serjeant had brought him. (II.vi.9)
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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
