"As these reflections passed over his mind in tumultuous rapidity, a noise was again heard in the passage, an uproar and scuffle ensued, and in the same moment he could distinguish the voice of his servant, who had been sent by Madame La Motte in search of him."
— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Work Title
Date
1791
Metaphor
"As these reflections passed over his mind in tumultuous rapidity, a noise was again heard in the passage, an uproar and scuffle ensued, and in the same moment he could distinguish the voice of his servant, who had been sent by Madame La Motte in search of him."
Metaphor in Context
The last words roused La Motte, and perplexed him with new fears; he dreaded to discover his carriage, left its appearance might tempt the banditti to plunder; and to depart on horseback with this man might produce a consequence yet more to be dreaded. Madame La Motte, wearied with apprehension, would, probably, send for her husband to the house, when all the former danger would be incurred, with the additional evil of being separated from his family, and the chance of being detected by the emissaries of justice in endeavouring to recover them. As these reflections passed over his mind in tumultuous rapidity, a noise was again heard in the passage, an uproar and scuffle ensued, and in the same moment he could distinguish the voice of his servant, who had been sent by Madame La Motte in search of him. Being now determined to disclose what could not long be concealed, he exclaimed aloud, that a horse was unnecessary, that he had a carriage at some distance which would convey them from the heath, the man, who was seized, being his servant.
(I.i, pp. 13-15)
(I.i, pp. 13-15)
Categories
Citation
11 entries in ESTC (1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1800).
See The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry. By the Authoress of A Sicilian Romance, &c., 3 vols. (London: Printed for T. Hookham and J. Carpenter, 1791).
Text from The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry. By the Authoress of A Sicilian Romance, &c. 2 vols. (Dublin: Printed for Messrs. P. Wogan, P Byrne, A. Grueber, W. M'Kenzie, W. Sleater, [and 10 others in Dublin], 1792). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
See The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry. By the Authoress of A Sicilian Romance, &c., 3 vols. (London: Printed for T. Hookham and J. Carpenter, 1791).
Text from The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry. By the Authoress of A Sicilian Romance, &c. 2 vols. (Dublin: Printed for Messrs. P. Wogan, P Byrne, A. Grueber, W. M'Kenzie, W. Sleater, [and 10 others in Dublin], 1792). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Link to Vol. II in ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
10/15/2013
