Extraordinary accomplishments may make a conquest of a woman's heart
— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Johnson
Date
1753
Metaphor
Extraordinary accomplishments may make a conquest of a woman's heart
Metaphor in Context
Such a commerce between two such persons of a different sex, could not possibly be long carried on, without degenerating from the platonic system of sentimental love. In her paroxysms of dismay, he did not forget to breathe the soft inspirations of his passion, to which she listened with more pleasure, as they diverted the gloomy ideas of her fear; and by this time his extraordinary accomplishments had made a conquest of her heart. What therefore could be a more interesting transition, than that from the most uneasy to the most agreeable sensation of the human breast.
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Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Prose); Found again "conque" and "idea"
Citation
14 entries in ESTC (1753, 1760, 1771, 1772, 1780, 1782, 1784, 1786, 1789, 1792, 1795, 1796).
Smollett, Tobias. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Random. (London: printed for T. Johnson, 1753).
Smollett, Tobias. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Random. (London: printed for T. Johnson, 1753).
Date of Entry
01/20/2005
