"I weave nets for insects; and if I suit my toil, for my game am I to be derided?"
— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Marshall
Date
1783
Metaphor
"I weave nets for insects; and if I suit my toil, for my game am I to be derided?"
Metaphor in Context
I weave nets for insects; and if I suit my toil, for my game am I to be derided? Who but stoops with satisfaction to lead an infant by the hand? Who but delights to adapt her steps to its short and unequal paces? And shall we be less tender, less indulgent to the unformed mind?
(page xi)
(page xi)
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by PC Fleming, reading
Citation
Fables in Monosyllables by Mrs. Teachwell; to Which Are Added Morals, in Dialogues, Between a Mother and Children. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow-Lane, 1783). Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. < Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/14/2010
