"Let Truth then, my dear, still dwell on your tongue, / From her maxims O never depart; / But give yourself up to her guidance while young, / Her precepts engrave on your heart."
— Kilner, Dorothy (1755-1836)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Marshall
Date
ca. 1780
Metaphor
"Let Truth then, my dear, still dwell on your tongue, / From her maxims O never depart; / But give yourself up to her guidance while young, / Her precepts engrave on your heart."
Metaphor in Context
Let Truth then, my dear, still dwell on your tongue,
From her maxims O never depart;
But give yourself up to her guidance while young,
Her precepts engrave on your heart.
(II, Dialogue VII, p. 163)
From her maxims O never depart;
But give yourself up to her guidance while young,
Her precepts engrave on your heart.
(II, Dialogue VII, p. 163)
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Provenance
Contributed by PC Fleming, searching "heart"
Citation
Kilner, Dorothy. At least 2 entries in ESTC (between 1779 and 1789).
Dialogues and Letters on Morality, Oeconomy, and Politeness, for the Improvement and Entertainment of Young Female Minds. by the Author of Dialogues on the First Principles of Religion. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London, [between 1779 and 1789]). <Link to ESTC><Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO> <Link to Vol. II> <Link to Vol. III>
Dialogues and Letters on Morality, Oeconomy, and Politeness, for the Improvement and Entertainment of Young Female Minds. by the Author of Dialogues on the First Principles of Religion. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London, [between 1779 and 1789]). <Link to ESTC><Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO> <Link to Vol. II> <Link to Vol. III>
Date of Entry
07/12/2010
