"This however I care not if I tell you--that the very hopes of Rambling, the Prospect of seeing a new Part of the World, or indeed a New World to me, striking upon the strings of my Soul, before wound to the same pitch, made most charming Musick, and had you seen then the young Evander--who now he sets up for Rambling indeed, does a new thing, and gets a Horse-back, is resolv'd to have a New Name too, and henceforth when he thinks fit be call'd KAINOPHILUS; had you but seen what a brisk Air he then put on, how lively and rosie he lookt--how sweet and how charming--well--but I say no more."
— Dunton, John (1659-1732)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Newcome
Date
1691
Metaphor
"This however I care not if I tell you--that the very hopes of Rambling, the Prospect of seeing a new Part of the World, or indeed a New World to me, striking upon the strings of my Soul, before wound to the same pitch, made most charming Musick, and had you seen then the young Evander--who now he sets up for Rambling indeed, does a new thing, and gets a Horse-back, is resolv'd to have a New Name too, and henceforth when he thinks fit be call'd KAINOPHILUS; had you but seen what a brisk Air he then put on, how lively and rosie he lookt--how sweet and how charming--well--but I say no more."
Metaphor in Context
Being thus provided and equipp'd Cap-a-pe in a Travellers Garb, Pen and Ink i' one Pocket, and Bread and Cheese i' t'other--not in specie--No--Heroes don't use to be mean--but in a parcel of Gray-Groats and Edward Shillings, ty'd up i' the corner of my Handkerchief, my Daddy and I turn'd one side upon Graffham, the place of my Birth, and away we troopt to another where we had more business--but I war'nt ye I have Wit enough to keep all close, and not let you know what 'twas; this however I care not if I tell you--that the very hopes of Rambling, the Prospect of seeing a new Part of the World, or indeed a New World to me, striking upon the strings of my Soul, before wound to the same pitch, made most charming Musick, and had you seen then the young Evander--who now he sets up for Rambling indeed, does a new thing, and gets a Horse-back, is resolv'd to have a New Name too, and henceforth when he thinks fit be call'd KAINOPHILUS; had you but seen what a brisk Air he then put on, how lively and rosie he lookt--how sweet and how charming--well--but I say no more--being I say about to leave my beloved Graffham, I can't but give you and Posterity some account of it, as my famous Predecessor Coriat did of Odcomb, which indeed does strangely agree with the Place of my Nativity--But the Excellencies of it being too large to be contain'd in a corner, or crowded up in a piece of a Chapter, they shall have a whole one to themselves, that immediately following.
(I, pp. 72-3)
(I, pp. 72-3)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
John Dunton, A Voyage Round the World: or, a Pocket-Library, Divided into several Volumes. The First of which contains the Rare Adventures of Don Kainophilus, From his Cradle to his 15th. Year. The like Discoveries in such a Method never made by any Rambler before. The whole Work intermixt with Essays, Historical, Moral and Divine; and all other kinds of Learning. Done into English by a Lover of Travels. Recommended by the Wits of both Universities. 3 vols. (London: Printed for Richard Newcome, 1691). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
06/18/2013
