"Mischievous passions" may be too "deeply rooted" in the heart to tear out
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
George Folliot Hopkins
Date
1800
Metaphor
"Mischievous passions" may be too "deeply rooted" in the heart to tear out
Metaphor in Context
In the opportunity that had been afforded me to view his countenance, I had observed tokens of a kind very different from those which used to be visible. The gloomy and malignant were more conspicuous. Health had forsaken his cheeks, and taken along with it those flexible parts, which formerly enabled him to cover his secret torments and insidious purposes, beneath a veil of benevolence and cheerfulness. Alas! said I, loud enough for him to hear me, here is a monument of ruin. Despair and mischievous passions are too deeply rooted in this heart for me to tear them away.
(Part II, chapter 13, p. 533)
(Part II, chapter 13, p. 533)
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Reading
Citation
Brown, Charles Brockden. Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
Date of Entry
07/21/2003
