"I am looking, madam,' said she, 'over the catalogue of my mind, to see if I have ever read any thing like it"
— Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1793
Metaphor
"I am looking, madam,' said she, 'over the catalogue of my mind, to see if I have ever read any thing like it"
Metaphor in Context
Emma heard the whole affair with great deliberation, and, pausing for some moments, her lady asked her of what she was considering?
'I am looking, madam,' said she, 'over the catalogue of my mind, to see if I have ever read any thing like it, and, upon recollection, the same thing occurs in the Nonjuror, one of CIBBER's plays; which is taken from the Tartuffe of MOLIERE; who had it I believe from PLAUTUS:—and if I might advise, you should serve your parson as the lady in that play does hers.'
(I.x, p. 85)
'I am looking, madam,' said she, 'over the catalogue of my mind, to see if I have ever read any thing like it, and, upon recollection, the same thing occurs in the Nonjuror, one of CIBBER's plays; which is taken from the Tartuffe of MOLIERE; who had it I believe from PLAUTUS:—and if I might advise, you should serve your parson as the lady in that play does hers.'
(I.x, p. 85)
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Searching in ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1793).
The Younger Brother: a Novel, in Three Volumes, Written by Mr. Dibdin. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold at his Warehouse, 1793). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP>
The Younger Brother: a Novel, in Three Volumes, Written by Mr. Dibdin. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold at his Warehouse, 1793). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
11/10/2013
