Life may still linger "in some of its interior haunts" so that a doctor may immediately order "such applications to the extremities and surface of the body, as might help to concentrate and reinforce the natural heat"
— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Johnson
Date
1753
Metaphor
Life may still linger "in some of its interior haunts" so that a doctor may immediately order "such applications to the extremities and surface of the body, as might help to concentrate and reinforce the natural heat"
Metaphor in Context
Such were the reflections of the generous Farrel, who, while he performed the last office of friendship, inclosing the eyes of the much-lamented Melvile, perceived a warmth on the skin, which the hand of death seldom leaves unextinguished: this uncommon sensation he reported to the physician, who, tho' he could feel no pulsation in the heart or arteries, conjectured, that life still lingered in some of its interior haunts, and immediately ordered such applications to the extremities and [Page 223] surface of the body, as might help to concentrate and reinforce the natural heat.
(pp. 222-3)
(pp. 222-3)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "interio" in HDIS (Prose)
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
08/09/2005
