"He endeavoured to wear it off of his Mind, but it [would] not do; the Impression to be sure would be strengthned by his own Guilt, and both together brought him to himself."
— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed: and sold by J. Roberts
Date
1727
Metaphor
"He endeavoured to wear it off of his Mind, but it [would] not do; the Impression to be sure would be strengthned by his own Guilt, and both together brought him to himself."
Metaphor in Context
He gave him no time for a Reply, but immediately disappear'd. It may be easily guess'd what a Consternation he was left in, when he found it was an Apparition. He concluded his Cousin was dead, because he said he was out of his reach; and he concluded that this was his Ghost, or his disquieted Soul, and he dreaded the threatning of his Return. He endeavoured to wear it off of his Mind, but it [would] not do; the Impression to be sure would be strengthned by his own Guilt, and both together brought him to himself.
(p. 255)
(p. 255)
Categories
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1727, 1728). For a publication history, see Rodney Baine's 1962 essay, "Daniel Defoe and 'The History and Reality of Apparitions.'" First edition, published by J. Roberts, appeared anonymously on March 18, 1727. Second issues were sold the same year by A. Millar. The 1735 edition, reissued in 1738 and 1740.
Text from An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions: Being an Account of What They are, and What They are Not; Whence They Come, and Whence They Come Not. (London: Printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1727). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Text from An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions: Being an Account of What They are, and What They are Not; Whence They Come, and Whence They Come Not. (London: Printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1727). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/16/2013
