"There are, it is true, trials when the good man must appeal to God from the injustice of man; and amidst the whining candour of hissings of envy, erect a pavilion in his own mind to retire to till the rumour be overpast."
— Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Joseph Johnson
Date
1792
Metaphor
"There are, it is true, trials when the good man must appeal to God from the injustice of man; and amidst the whining candour of hissings of envy, erect a pavilion in his own mind to retire to till the rumour be overpast."
Metaphor in Context
There are, it is true, trials when the good man must appeal to God from the injustice of man; and amidst the whining candour of hissings of envy, erect a pavilion in his own mind to retire to till the rumour be overpast; nay, the darts of undeserved censure may pierce an innocent tender bosom through with many sorrows; but these are all exceptions to general rules. And it is according to common laws that human behavior ought to be regulated. The eccentric orbit of the comet never influences astronomical calculation respecting the invariable order established in the principal bodies of the solar system.
(p. 135)
(p. 135)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Wollstonecraft, M. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Modern Library (New York: Random House, 2001).
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
