Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

A Description of Millenium Hall, and the Country Adjacent

London

Printed for J. Newbery

1762

"But she carefully concealed these new sensations, in hopes that he would more easily conquer his passion, for not thinking it returned."

When Harriot thought she had sufficiently convinced Mr. Alworth of the necessity of her absence, she took her leave with much greater concern than she would suffer to appear, though she did not affect indifference; but the truth was, Mr. Alworth's passionate tenderness for her, had made an impression on her heart, which without it, all his merit could not effect. The melancholy languor which overspread his countenance, gave it charms she had never before discovered in it; the soft accents in which he breathed the most delicate love, penetrated to her very soul, and she no longer found that indifference which had been so remarkable a part of her character. But she carefully concealed these new sensations, in hopes that he would more easily conquer his passion, for not thinking it returned.
(pp. 248-9)

War::Conquest::Conquer Passion

Searching "conque" and "passion" in HDIS (Prose)

Five entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1764, 1767). Second edition, corrected in 1764; third edition in 1767.

Reading Sarah Scott, A Description of Millenium Hall, ed. Gary Kelly (Ontario: Broadview Literary Texts, 2001).

See also A Description of Millenium Hall, and the Country Adjacent: Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants, And such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections, as May excite in the Reader proper Sentiments of Humanity, and lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue. By A Gentleman on his Travels (London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1762). <Link to archive.org>

02/08/2005