"'If you are under any promise of secresy,' interrupted Vivaldi, 'I forbid you to tell this wonderful tale, which, however, seems somewhat too big to rest within your brain.'"
— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Cadell and Davies
Date
1797
Metaphor
"'If you are under any promise of secresy,' interrupted Vivaldi, 'I forbid you to tell this wonderful tale, which, however, seems somewhat too big to rest within your brain.'"
Metaphor in Context
If you are under any promise of secresy,' interrupted Vivaldi, 'I forbid you to tell this wonderful tale, which, however, seems somewhat too big to rest within your brain.'
'The story would fain expand itself to your's, Signor,' said Paulo; 'and, as I did not absolutely promise to conceal it, I am very willing to tell it.'
(I.vii, pp. 85-6)
'The story would fain expand itself to your's, Signor,' said Paulo; 'and, as I did not absolutely promise to conceal it, I am very willing to tell it.'
(I.vii, pp. 85-6)
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