"I must therefore tell 'em what Love is, before they can be competent Deciders in this business, or know whether I am more blameable or praise-worthy in admitting it a Guest into my tender Heart."
— Dunton, John (1659-1732)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Newcome
Date
1691
Metaphor
"I must therefore tell 'em what Love is, before they can be competent Deciders in this business, or know whether I am more blameable or praise-worthy in admitting it a Guest into my tender Heart."
Metaphor in Context
I must therefore tell 'em what Love is, before they can be competent Deciders in this business, or know whether I am more blameable or praise-worthy in admitting it a Guest into my tender Heart. Love is a natural Distemper, a kind of small Pox most have either had it, or is to expect it, and the sooner the better; surely I was never well cur'd on't in my Prenticeship, or I had never faln into a Relapse when I was out of my Time; but want of Knowledge misguided me then, and so I fell into a Quagmire. But in my last Amour (as you'll find in my Rambles a wiving, which are to make a distinct Volume, containing New Observations concerning Love and Women, with my own experimental Reflections,) I was so discreet as not to advance a step without a Demonstration.
(II, p. 85)
(II, p. 85)
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
06/19/2013
