"I could have resisted her beauty only, but the mind which irradiates those speaking eyes"
— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1763
Metaphor
"I could have resisted her beauty only, but the mind which irradiates those speaking eyes"
Metaphor in Context
I could have resisted her beauty only, but the mind which irradiates those speaking eyes--the melting music of those gentle accents, "soft as the fleeces of descending snows," the delicacy, yet lively tenderness of her sentiments --that angel innocence--that winning sweetness--the absence of her parents, and lady Anne's coquetry with lord Fondville, have given me opportunities of conversing with her, which have for ever destroyed my peace--I must tear myself from her--I will leave Belmont the moment my lord returns--I am for ever lost--doomed to wretchedness--but [Page 95] I will be wretched alone--I tremble lest my eyes should have discovered--lest pity should involve her in my misery.
Great heavens! was I not sufficiently unhappy! to stab me to the heart I have just received the following letter from lord Belmont.
(pp. 94-5)
Great heavens! was I not sufficiently unhappy! to stab me to the heart I have just received the following letter from lord Belmont.
(pp. 94-5)
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Citation
At least 10 entries in the ESTC (1763, 1765, 1767, 1769, 1773, 1775, 1782, 1788). [4th edition in 1765, 5th edition in 1769.]
See Frances Brooke, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. In Two Volumes. By the Translator of Lady Catesby's Letters. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763). <Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to ECCO>
See Frances Brooke, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. In Two Volumes. By the Translator of Lady Catesby's Letters. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763). <Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
04/21/2006
