"The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other, I believe; and the influence of the place and of example may often rouse better feelings than are begun with."
— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
T. Egerton
Date
1814
Metaphor
"The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other, I believe; and the influence of the place and of example may often rouse better feelings than are begun with."
Metaphor in Context
"The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other, I believe; and the influence of the place and of example may often rouse better feelings than are begun with. The greater length of the service, however, I admit to be sometimes too hard a stretch upon the mind. one wishes it were not so--but I have not yet left Oxford long enough to forget what chapel prayers are." While this was passing, the rest of the party being scattered about the chapel, Julia called Mr. Crawford's attention to her sister, by saying, "Do look at Mr. Rushworth and Maria, standing side by side, exactly as if the ceremony were going to be performed. Have not they completely the air of it?"
(I.ix, p. 63)
(I.ix, p. 63)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in HDIS (Austen)
Citation
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, ed. Claudia Johnson (New York: Norton, 1998). <Link to 1814 edition in Google Books>
Theme
Psychomachia
Date of Entry
06/09/2011
