"I do not doubt but your Obedience to me will make you at least put on the Appearance of Chearfulness in my Sight: But you will deceive yourself, if you think that is performing your Duty; for if you would obey me as you ought, you must try heartily to root from your Mind all Sorrow and Gloominess."
— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1749
Metaphor
"I do not doubt but your Obedience to me will make you at least put on the Appearance of Chearfulness in my Sight: But you will deceive yourself, if you think that is performing your Duty; for if you would obey me as you ought, you must try heartily to root from your Mind all Sorrow and Gloominess."
Metaphor in Context
I expect therefore, Jenny, that you now dry up your Tears, and resume your usual Chearfulness. I do not doubt but your Obedience to me will make you at least put on the Appearance of Chearfulness in my Sight: But you will deceive yourself, if you think that is performing your Duty; for if you would obey me as you ought, you must try heartily to root from your Mind all Sorrow and Gloominess. You may depend upon it this Command is in your Power to obey; for you know I never require anything of you that is impossible. (pp. 34-5)
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Provenance
Contributed by PC Fleming, searching "mind."
Citation
14 entries in ESTC (1749, 1751, 1752, 1758, 1769, 1779, 1781, 1789, 1791).
Text from The Governess; or, Little Female Academy. Being the History of Mrs. Teachum, and Her Nine Girls. With Their Nine Days Amusement. Calculated for the Entertainment and Instruction of Young Ladies in Their Education. By the Author of David Simple. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by A. Millar, in the Strand, 1749). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Governess; or, Little Female Academy. Being the History of Mrs. Teachum, and Her Nine Girls. With Their Nine Days Amusement. Calculated for the Entertainment and Instruction of Young Ladies in Their Education. By the Author of David Simple. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by A. Millar, in the Strand, 1749). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/08/2010
