"Madame forbore for the present to ask any questions that might lead to a discovery of her connections, or seem to require an explanation of the late adventure, which now furnishing her with a new subject of reflection, the sense of her own misfortunes pressed less heavily upon her mind."
— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Work Title
Date
1791
Metaphor
"Madame forbore for the present to ask any questions that might lead to a discovery of her connections, or seem to require an explanation of the late adventure, which now furnishing her with a new subject of reflection, the sense of her own misfortunes pressed less heavily upon her mind."
Metaphor in Context
La Motte immediately gave a short relation of what had passed at the house, including an account of the manner in which the young stranger had been introduced to him. During this narrative, her deep convulsive sighs frequently drew the attention of Madame La Motte, whose compassion became gradually interested in her behalf, and who now endeavoured to tranquillize her spirits. The unhappy girl answered her kindness in artless and simple expressions, and then relapsed into tears and silence. Madame forbore for the present to ask any questions that might lead to a discovery of her connections, or seem to require an explanation of the late adventure, which now furnishing her with a new subject of reflection, the sense of her own misfortunes pressed less heavily upon her mind. The distress of La Motte was even for a while suspended; he ruminated on the late scene, and it appeared like a vision, or one of those improbable fictions that sometimes are exhibited in a romance: he could reduce it to no principles of probability, or render it comprehensible by any endeavour to analize it. The present charge, and the chance of future trouble brought upon him by this adventure, occasioned some dissatisfaction; but the beauty and seeming innocence of Adeline, united with the pleadings of humanity in her favour, and he determined to protect her.
(I.i, pp. 18-20)
(I.i, pp. 18-20)
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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
