"For my part, I had not the least thought of Love; yet the sweetness and affability of this little Orphan's Disposition made an early Impression on my Heart."
— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by H. Woodfall
Date
1725
Metaphor
"For my part, I had not the least thought of Love; yet the sweetness and affability of this little Orphan's Disposition made an early Impression on my Heart."
Metaphor in Context
For my part, I had not the least thought of Love; yet the sweetness and affability of this little Orphan's Disposition made an early Impression on my Heart: And tho' she was a most diverting agreeable Creature in all particulars, yet nothing moved me so much to Love, as did her unparallel'd Humour. I often made it my study to make her angry, and did things in order to it, which I myself was asham'd of, tho' I could never accomplish my design; for she bore all my Tryals with such evenness of Temper, as if she had been her own Prophetess, and had known before-hand that she was made to suffer.
(p. 235)
(p. 235)
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Provenance
Searching in C-H Lion
Citation
Text from The Works of Mrs. Davys: Consisting of, Plays, Novels, Poems, and Familiar Letters. Several of which never before Publish'd, 2 vols. (London: H. Woodfall, 1725). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/21/2013
