"In a Word, he travers'd the Wilderness dejected with Love, Despair, Expectance, jealous Doubts, till wearied with the Journey of his Mind, more than the Travel of his Body; he rested him in the Alcove, if possible to compose his Humour, which began to be somewhat impatient at the Neglect he conceiv'd Amira guilty of; and as 'twere by Sympathy, slumbred too."
— Boyd, Elizabeth (fl. 1727-1745)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by Tho. Edlin
Date
1732
Metaphor
"In a Word, he travers'd the Wilderness dejected with Love, Despair, Expectance, jealous Doubts, till wearied with the Journey of his Mind, more than the Travel of his Body; he rested him in the Alcove, if possible to compose his Humour, which began to be somewhat impatient at the Neglect he conceiv'd Amira guilty of; and as 'twere by Sympathy, slumbred too."
Metaphor in Context
In a Word, he travers'd the Wilderness dejected with Love, Despair, Expectance, jealous Doubts, till wearied with the Journey of his Mind, more than the Travel of his Body; he rested him in the Alcove, if possible to compose his Humour, which began to be somewhat impatient at the Neglect he conceiv'd Amira guilty of; and as 'twere by Sympathy, slumbred too.
(pp. 17-18)
(pp. 17-18)
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Citation
Elizabeth Boyd, The Happy-Unfortunate; Or, The Female-Page: A Novel. In Three Parts. (London: Printed by Tho. Edlin, 1732). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/17/2013
