"Nor pride nor fickleness could claim / The empire of his mind."
— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printer for J. Robson
Date
1770, 1806
Metaphor
"Nor pride nor fickleness could claim / The empire of his mind."
Metaphor in Context
Yet not the early wreath of Fame
With haughtiness was twin'd:
Nor pride nor fickleness could claim
The empire of his mind:
(Cf. p. 2 in 1770 ed.)
With haughtiness was twin'd:
Nor pride nor fickleness could claim
The empire of his mind:
(Cf. p. 2 in 1770 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1770, 1800).
See The Deserter: a Poem. (London: Printed for J. Robson at the Feathers in New Bond Street, 1770).
Text from Poems and Plays, by Mr. Jerningham. 4 vols, 9th ed. (London: Printed by Luke Hansard for Nornaville and Fell, 1806).
See The Deserter: a Poem. (London: Printed for J. Robson at the Feathers in New Bond Street, 1770).
Text from Poems and Plays, by Mr. Jerningham. 4 vols, 9th ed. (London: Printed by Luke Hansard for Nornaville and Fell, 1806).
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
