"All the circumstances of my present situation tended to arrest the progress of thought, and chain my contemplations to one image"
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hugh Maxwell
Date
1799
Metaphor
"All the circumstances of my present situation tended to arrest the progress of thought, and chain my contemplations to one image"
Metaphor in Context
All the circumstances of my present situation tended to arrest the progress of thought, and chain my contemplations to one image; but even now there was room for foresight and deliberation. Welbeck intended to destroy these bills. Perhaps he had not been sincere; or, if his purpose had been honestly disclosed, this purpose might change when the bills were in his possession. his poverty and sanguineness of temper, might prompt him to use them.
(Part I, chapter 23, p. 421)
(Part I, chapter 23, p. 421)
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
07/21/2003
Date of Review
05/26/2011
