"'Tis, I own, natural and necessary to apologize for disgressing from a Subject; but, I hope, when the Reader considers the Merit of the Person who occasion'd it, I may, in the Eye of Reason and Judgment, stand excused."
— Charke [née Cibber; other married name Sacheverell], Charlotte [alias Mr Brown] (1713-1760)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook
Date
1755
Metaphor
"'Tis, I own, natural and necessary to apologize for disgressing from a Subject; but, I hope, when the Reader considers the Merit of the Person who occasion'd it, I may, in the Eye of Reason and Judgment, stand excused."
Metaphor in Context
'Tis, I own, natural and necessary to apologize for disgressing from a Subject; but, I hope, when the Reader considers the Merit of the Person who occasion'd it, I may, in the Eye of Reason and Judgment, stand excused. Perhaps, as Mr. Garrick is a Person who many may undoubtedly wish to pay their Court to, this Remark may be deemed Adulation; but I must beg their Pardons, and assure them, they would, in that Point, be guilty of a very great Error, for I am the last Creature in the World to be picked out for that Piece of Folly: Nay, I think so meanly of it, as to set it down as Servility, which I heartily contemn; and have been often blamed for a too Openness of Temper, that has sometimes hazarded the Loss of a Friend.
(pp. 83-4)
(pp. 83-4)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
See A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq.) (London: Printed for W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
10/12/2013
