"Her mind was divided between two ideas--her own former conversations with him about Miss Fairfax; and poor Harriet."
— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Murray
Date
1816
Metaphor
"Her mind was divided between two ideas--her own former conversations with him about Miss Fairfax; and poor Harriet."
Metaphor in Context
Emma scarcely heard what was said.--Her mind was divided between two ideas--her own former conversations with him about Miss Fairfax; and poor Harriet;--and for some time she could only exclaim, and require confirmation, repeated confirmation.
"Well," said she at last, trying to recover herself; "this is a circumstance which I must think of at least half a day, before I can at all comprehend it. What!--engaged to her all the winter--before either of them came to Highbury?"
(III.x, p. 255)
"Well," said she at last, trying to recover herself; "this is a circumstance which I must think of at least half a day, before I can at all comprehend it. What!--engaged to her all the winter--before either of them came to Highbury?"
(III.x, p. 255)
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Provenance
Searching "mind" in HDIS (Austen)
Citation
Jane Austen, Emma, ed. Stephen Parrish (New York: Norton, 1993). <Link to volume one in Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/09/2011
