"Nor did the bounteous Powers stop with these Graces; but gave also a Mind composed of Harmony: wise, as experienced Age; witty, as Youth, inspired with Poetry: and innocent, as harmless Childhood."
— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Harding and Richard Wilkin
Date
1696
Metaphor
"Nor did the bounteous Powers stop with these Graces; but gave also a Mind composed of Harmony: wise, as experienced Age; witty, as Youth, inspired with Poetry: and innocent, as harmless Childhood."
Metaphor in Context
She was of stature tall, shap'd beyond the Art of a Description, and mov'd with a Majestick Air. Her Eyes were black and shining; and aw'd the trembling Lover from gazing long. Her Hair seem'd to vie with them for Charms and Lustre; then her Skin was of that amazing whiteness, 'twould raise emotions in the most retired Recluse. In fine, her Hands, Arms, and every agreeable Lineament of that exact Frame, her Body, forc'd from the most envious of her own Sex, the Appellation of a perfect Beauty. Nor did the bounteous Powers stop with these Graces; but gave also a Mind composed of Harmony: wise, as experienced Age; witty, as Youth, inspired with Poetry: and innocent, as harmless Childhood.
(p. 8)
(p. 8)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Mary Pix, The Inhumane Cardinal, or Innocence Betray'd. A Novel. Written By a Gentlewoman, for the Entertainment of the Sex. (London: Printed for John Harding and Richard Wilkin, 1696).
Date of Entry
07/01/2013
