"My meditations had been ardently pursued, and, when I recalled my attention, I found myself bewildered among fields and fences."
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hugh Maxwell
Date
1799
Metaphor
"My meditations had been ardently pursued, and, when I recalled my attention, I found myself bewildered among fields and fences."
Metaphor in Context
My meditations had been ardently pursued, and, when I recalled my attention, I found myself bewildered among fields and fences. It was late before I extricated myself from unknown paths, and reached home.
(I.viii, p. 300)
(I.viii, p. 300)
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
