"[H]er mind became cool enough to seek all the comfort that pride and self-revenge could give."
— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
T. Egerton
Date
1814
Metaphor
"[H]er mind became cool enough to seek all the comfort that pride and self-revenge could give."
Metaphor in Context
Had Sir Thomas applied to his daughter within the first three or four days after Henry Crawford's leaving Mansfield, before her feelings were at all tranquillized, before she had given up every hope of him, or absolutely resolved on enduring his rival, her answer might have been different; but after another three or four days, when there was no return, no letter, no message--no symptom of a softened heart--no hope of advantage from separation--her mind became cool enough to seek all the comfort that pride and self-revenge could give.
(II.iii, p. 139)
(II.iii, p. 139)
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>
Date of Entry
06/09/2011
