"But if such a one carries some weakness along with him, we find his Indisposition augmented, by the time he has there, to reflect upon it, and to humour it by those pleasing Idea's, which smite the Imagination so much the more dangerously, the more they represent the delightful Objects, the loss whereof do occasion a regret."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Baldwin
Date
1692
Metaphor
"But if such a one carries some weakness along with him, we find his Indisposition augmented, by the time he has there, to reflect upon it, and to humour it by those pleasing Idea's, which smite the Imagination so much the more dangerously, the more they represent the delightful Objects, the loss whereof do occasion a regret."
Metaphor in Context
Ah! My dear Asteria, reply'd Emerida, how gladly would I leave you in that happy State, could I but believe that you were in it; but you will Pardon me, if I doubt it. I am willing to acknowledge, that when a Person enters into Solitude, without any Passion, he may continue in it with greater Tranquility and Safety, than in the greatest Cities: but if such a one carries some weakness along with him, we find his Indisposition augmented, by the time he has there, to reflect upon it, and to humour it by those pleasing Idea's, which smite the Imagination so much the more dangerously, the more they represent the delightful Objects, the loss whereof do occasion a regret.'
(pp. 3-4)
(pp. 3-4)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Anonymous, The Rival Mother; a Late True History: Digested into a Novel (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1692)
Date of Entry
06/14/2013
