"The eyes were the index of the mind--his had said--Good heavens! what had they not said?"
— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1777
Metaphor
"The eyes were the index of the mind--his had said--Good heavens! what had they not said?"
Metaphor in Context
She retired to bed, but joy kept her waking: the idea of Lord Melvile pursued her; she endeavoured to recollect every syllable he had said; his disinterested sentiments, so resembling her own; his tone of voice; those expressive changes of countenance--the eyes were the index of the mind--his had said--Good heavens! what had they not said?
(I.ii.8, pp. 73-4)
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Provenance
Searching in ECCO
Citation
At least 3 entries in the ESTC (1777, 1785).
See The Excursion. In Two Volumes. By Mrs. Brooke (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1777). <Link to ECCO>
See The Excursion. In Two Volumes. By Mrs. Brooke (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1777). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/27/2013
