"Her engagement to Delamere, yet uncancelled, lay like a weight upon it, and seemed to impress the idea of her doing wrong while she thus listened to the praises of another; and felt that she listened with too much pleasure."
— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1788
Metaphor
"Her engagement to Delamere, yet uncancelled, lay like a weight upon it, and seemed to impress the idea of her doing wrong while she thus listened to the praises of another; and felt that she listened with too much pleasure."
Metaphor in Context
Something throbbed at the heart of Emmeline at these words, into which she was afraid to enquire. Her engagement to Delamere, yet uncancelled, lay like a weight upon it, and seemed to impress the idea of her doing wrong while she thus listened to the praises of another; and felt that she listened with too much pleasure. She asked herself, however, whether it was possible to be insensible of the merit of Godolphin? Yet conscious that she had already thought of it too much, she wished to change the topic of discourse--But Lady Adelina still pursued it.
(III, pp. 203-4)
(III, pp. 203-4)
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Provenance
Searching in C-H Lion
Citation
At least 6 entries in ESTC (1788, 1789, 1799).
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle. By Charlotte Smith, 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788). <Link to ECCO>
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle. By Charlotte Smith, 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/14/2013
