"My mind was so full of objects of more urgent moment that the propriety of taking them [his shoes] along with me never occurred."
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hugh Maxwell
Date
1799
Metaphor
"My mind was so full of objects of more urgent moment that the propriety of taking them [his shoes] along with me never occurred."
Metaphor in Context
To facilitate my escape I put off my shoes. My mind was so full of objects of more urgent moment that the propriety of taking them along with me never occurred. I left them in the closet.
(Part I, chapter 4, p. 268)
(Part I, chapter 4, p. 268)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
Date of Entry
07/16/2003
Date of Review
06/17/2011
