"There are many Capricio's, that must be borne with, from them; but, in all other Cases, my Mind is my Kingdom; I am absolute, and will be so."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
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Place of Publication
London
Date
Friday, August 21, 1724
Metaphor
"There are many Capricio's, that must be borne with, from them; but, in all other Cases, my Mind is my Kingdom; I am absolute, and will be so."
Metaphor in Context
'NO, no cry'd, Ned Volatile, if ever I subject my Humour, it shall be to the Ladies; There are many Capricio's, that must be borne with, from them; but, in all other Cases, my Mind is my Kingdom; I am absolute, and will be so.'
He ran on, to this Purpose, near a Quarter of an Hour; and, at last, happening to touch again on the Article of Honour and Friendship, which had introduc'd the Subject of our Discourse, the Major requested him to hear a Story, in which, an Example of both these valuable Distinctions would better plead for their right Use, than any Account he could give of his own particular Sense of them. The Story, said the Major, is Modern; but not well known; and amongst all the Instances of Bravery, is a fine, and uncommon Display of it. 'Tis what most Fighters would think below them, yet, what none, but a Conqueror, could come up to.
(pp. 373-4)
He ran on, to this Purpose, near a Quarter of an Hour; and, at last, happening to touch again on the Article of Honour and Friendship, which had introduc'd the Subject of our Discourse, the Major requested him to hear a Story, in which, an Example of both these valuable Distinctions would better plead for their right Use, than any Account he could give of his own particular Sense of them. The Story, said the Major, is Modern; but not well known; and amongst all the Instances of Bravery, is a fine, and uncommon Display of it. 'Tis what most Fighters would think below them, yet, what none, but a Conqueror, could come up to.
(pp. 373-4)
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ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 3 entries in the ESTC (1725, 1730, 1734)
Printed semiweekly. Monday, March 23, 1723-1724 to Friday, May 7, 1725. <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Plain Dealer: Being Select Essays on Several Curious Subjects: Relating to Friendship, ... Poetry, and Other Branches of Polite Literature. Publish'd originally in the year 1724. And Now First Collected into Two Volumes (London: Printed for S. Richardson, and A. Wilde, 1730.) <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
Printed semiweekly. Monday, March 23, 1723-1724 to Friday, May 7, 1725. <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Plain Dealer: Being Select Essays on Several Curious Subjects: Relating to Friendship, ... Poetry, and Other Branches of Polite Literature. Publish'd originally in the year 1724. And Now First Collected into Two Volumes (London: Printed for S. Richardson, and A. Wilde, 1730.) <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/17/2013
