"The day, however, was passed in terror, and almost in despondency; she could neither doubt the purpose for which she had been brought hither, nor discover any possibility of escaping from her persecutors; yet that propensity to hope, which buoys up the human heart, even in the severest moments of trial, sustained, in some degree, her fainting spirits."
— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
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London
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Cadell and Davies
Date
1797
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"The day, however, was passed in terror, and almost in despondency; she could neither doubt the purpose for which she had been brought hither, nor discover any possibility of escaping from her persecutors; yet that propensity to hope, which buoys up the human heart, even in the severest moments of trial, sustained, in some degree, her fainting spirits."
Metaphor in Context
The day, however, was passed in terror, and almost in despondency; she could neither doubt the purpose for which she had been brought hither, nor discover any possibility of escaping from her persecutors; yet that propensity to hope, which buoys up the human heart, even in the severest moments of trial, sustained, in some degree, her fainting spirits.
(II.viii, p. 251)
(II.viii, p. 251)
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