"'Tis impossible to express the anxious Thoughts that rowl'd about in my Mind, and continually perplex'd me about her."
— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Warner
Date
1724
Metaphor
"'Tis impossible to express the anxious Thoughts that rowl'd about in my Mind, and continually perplex'd me about her."
Metaphor in Context
I cou'd hardly give her a Hearing of all this, for my Eagerness to ask for Amy; but I was confounded when she told me she had heard nothing of her; 'tis impossible to express the anxious Thoughts that rowl'd about in my Mind, and continually perplex'd me about her; particularly, I reproach'd myself with my Rashness, in turning away so faithful a Creature, that for so many Years had not only been a Servant, but an Agent; and not only an Agent, but a Friend, and a faithful Friend too.
(p. 391, p. 365 in Penguin)
(p. 391, p. 365 in Penguin)
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Citation
At least 15 entries in the ESTC (1724, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1745, 1749, 1750, 1755, 1765, 1774, 1775, ).
See The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards call'd the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II (London: Printed for T. Warner, 1724). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Reading Daniel Defoe, Roxana, ed. David Blewett (New York: Penguin Books, 1987).
See The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards call'd the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II (London: Printed for T. Warner, 1724). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Reading Daniel Defoe, Roxana, ed. David Blewett (New York: Penguin Books, 1987).
Date of Entry
07/27/2011
