"My soul is on fire at this insult: his age, his virtues protect him, but Lord Melvin--Let him avoid my fury."
— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1763
Metaphor
"My soul is on fire at this insult: his age, his virtues protect him, but Lord Melvin--Let him avoid my fury."
Metaphor in Context
The time is past, and my friend is not here, he has therefore no letters from Lord Belmont; I rated his disinterestedness too high; misled by the mean despicable maxims of the world; he resents my passion for his daughter; he gives her to another, without deigning even to send me an answer: he might surely have respected his own blood; my soul is on fire at this insult: his age, his virtues protect him, but Lord Melvin--Let him avoid my fury.
(II, pp. 140-1)
(II, pp. 140-1)
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Provenance
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Citation
At least 10 entries in the ESTC (1763, 1765, 1767, 1769, 1773, 1775, 1782, 1788). [4th edition in 1765, 5th edition in 1769.]
See Frances Brooke, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. In Two Volumes. By the Translator of Lady Catesby's Letters. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763). <Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to ECCO>
See Frances Brooke, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. In Two Volumes. By the Translator of Lady Catesby's Letters. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763). <Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/27/2013
