"I have thought long of this; and my first Feelings were like yours; a foolish Conscience aw'd me, which soon I conquer'd."
— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Francklin
Date
1753
Metaphor
"I have thought long of this; and my first Feelings were like yours; a foolish Conscience aw'd me, which soon I conquer'd."
Metaphor in Context
STUKELEY
Stay. I must be heard, then answer'd. Perhaps the Motion was too sudden; and human Weakness starts at Murder, tho' strong Necessity compels it. I have thought long of this; and my first Feelings were like yours; a foolish Conscience aw'd me, which soon I conquer'd. The Man that wou'd undo me, Nature cries out, undo. Brutes know their Foes by Instinct; and where superior Force is given, they use it for Destruction. Shall Man do less? Lewson pursues us to our Ruin; and shall we, with the Means to crush him, fly from our Hunter, or turn and tear him? 'Tis Folly even to hesitate.
(p. 57)
Stay. I must be heard, then answer'd. Perhaps the Motion was too sudden; and human Weakness starts at Murder, tho' strong Necessity compels it. I have thought long of this; and my first Feelings were like yours; a foolish Conscience aw'd me, which soon I conquer'd. The Man that wou'd undo me, Nature cries out, undo. Brutes know their Foes by Instinct; and where superior Force is given, they use it for Destruction. Shall Man do less? Lewson pursues us to our Ruin; and shall we, with the Means to crush him, fly from our Hunter, or turn and tear him? 'Tis Folly even to hesitate.
(p. 57)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
36 entries in the ESTC (1753, 1755, 1756, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1771, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1790, 1794, 1800).
Edward Moore, The Gamester. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for R. Francklin and Sold by R. Dodsley, 1753).
Edward Moore, The Gamester. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for R. Francklin and Sold by R. Dodsley, 1753).
Date of Entry
09/04/2013
