"Solitude now was all he sought, and dismissing his Companions, on Pretence of private Business, he retired to his Chamber to indulge his new Meditations, there making a Mirror of his Mind, he contemplated the Image of the beauteous Cressida; his raptured Fancy dwelt upon the inchanting Look she gave him, and every recollected Charm added Strength to the fatal Passion that consumed him."
— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1754
Metaphor
"Solitude now was all he sought, and dismissing his Companions, on Pretence of private Business, he retired to his Chamber to indulge his new Meditations, there making a Mirror of his Mind, he contemplated the Image of the beauteous Cressida; his raptured Fancy dwelt upon the inchanting Look she gave him, and every recollected Charm added Strength to the fatal Passion that consumed him."
Metaphor in Context
Oh Heavens! cried he to himself, while his Eyes feasted on the ravishing Beauties of her Face, Where hast thou been hid thus long, thou that art so lovely fair? Where has such matchless Beauty been concealed, that my delighted Eyes were never blessed with it before? While he was thus contemplating her with Emotions he had 'till then been a Stranger to, Cressida raising her Head, turned her bright Eyes by Chance on Troilus, and with that Look compleated the Conquest of his Heart. He sighed, as with an ardent Gaze he met the languishing, yet too powerful Glance of the afflicted Beauty; and she hastily averting her Face, again he sighed, and conscious of his former Injuries to Love, turned to his Companions to see if any of them observed his new Disorder, leaving the Temple, at length he went Home to his own Palace.
Solitude now was all he sought, and dismissing his Companions, on Pretence of private Business, he retired to his Chamber to indulge his new Meditations, there making a Mirror of his Mind, he contemplated the Image of the beauteous Cressida; his raptured Fancy dwelt upon the inchanting Look she gave him, and every recollected Charm added Strength to the fatal Passion that consumed him.
(p. 58)
Solitude now was all he sought, and dismissing his Companions, on Pretence of private Business, he retired to his Chamber to indulge his new Meditations, there making a Mirror of his Mind, he contemplated the Image of the beauteous Cressida; his raptured Fancy dwelt upon the inchanting Look she gave him, and every recollected Charm added Strength to the fatal Passion that consumed him.
(p. 58)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
Text from Shakespear Illustrated: or the Novels and Histories, on which the Plays of Shakespear are Founded, Collected and Translated from the Original Authors. With Critical Remarks. The Third and Last volume. By the Author of The Female Quixote. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1754). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/16/2013
