"I have very uneasy apprehensions, tho' I hope they are not well founded, that Sir James Desmond's ruling passion is the love of play."
— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1776
Metaphor
"I have very uneasy apprehensions, tho' I hope they are not well founded, that Sir James Desmond's ruling passion is the love of play."
Metaphor in Context
I have very uneasy apprehensions, tho' I hope they are not well founded, that Sir James Desmond's ruling passion is the love of play. Men addicted to this vice, of all others, shou'd never marry; it absorbs every generous affection of the human heart. The drunkard has intervals of sobriety, and in those may be capable of friendship and of fondness.--The choleric man is not always in a passion, and is even proverbially good natured and humane; sorry for, and ready to atone, the evil his short lived frenzy may have caused.--Even the libertine, tho' he may cease to love, most generally esteems a virtuous wife; and if not a despicable wretch, indeed, endeavours to compensate for his want of fondness, by generosity and politeness towards her.
(I, pp. 11-12)
(I, pp. 11-12)
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1776).
The Story of Lady Juliana Harley: A Novel. In Letters. By Mrs. Griffith (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1776). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
The Story of Lady Juliana Harley: A Novel. In Letters. By Mrs. Griffith (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1776). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
Theme
Ruling Passions
Date of Entry
08/19/2013
