"He sticks to his text I find; for he always begins his sermons by telling me what fine things I could do, if I would but give my soul elbow room"
— Brand, Hannah (d. 1821); Philippe Héricault Destouches (1680-1754)
Place of Publication
Norwich
Publisher
Printed by Beatniffe and Payne [etc.]
Date
1798
Metaphor
"He sticks to his text I find; for he always begins his sermons by telling me what fine things I could do, if I would but give my soul elbow room"
Metaphor in Context
ADELINDA.
He sticks to his text I find; for he always begins his sermons by telling me what fine things I could do, if I would but give my soul elbow room. Yet I suspect he treats me with the oil of fool, alias flattery, only for the ostentation of displaying his own sagacity, whilst I question his seeing further into a millstone than other people.
He sticks to his text I find; for he always begins his sermons by telling me what fine things I could do, if I would but give my soul elbow room. Yet I suspect he treats me with the oil of fool, alias flattery, only for the ostentation of displaying his own sagacity, whilst I question his seeing further into a millstone than other people.
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Prose)
Date of Entry
08/29/2005
