"Zounds! Sir, can you give any relief to a soul that is haunted by Furies?"
— Graves, Richard (1715-1804)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1773
Metaphor
"Zounds! Sir, can you give any relief to a soul that is haunted by Furies?"
Metaphor in Context
Wildgoose was a little dismayed at this frantic behaviour, and stared at him with silent astonishment; when the Man of war, looking wildly in his face, exclaimed again, with an air of distraction, "Zounds! Sir, can you give any relief to a soul that is haunted by Furies?" --"Come, Sir," says Wildgoose, "do not despair of God's mercy, whatever your case may be: Nil desperandum, Christo duce. Never be cast down, whilst you have Christ for your guide. I hope these are favourable symptoms of the New Birth." --
"New Birth! Sir: God forbid! What! be born again! It is my misfortune that I ever was born at all.
(II.vii.12, pp. 218-9)
"New Birth! Sir: God forbid! What! be born again! It is my misfortune that I ever was born at all.
(II.vii.12, pp. 218-9)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "haunt" and "soul" in HDIS (Prose)
Citation
At least 5 entries in the ESTC (1755, 1773, 1774, 1783)
The Spiritual Quixote: or, the Summer's Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A Comic Romance. 3 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773). <Link to ECCO>
The Spiritual Quixote: or, the Summer's Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A Comic Romance. 3 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
04/27/2004
