"This is interpreted by all who know not the Springs of my Heart as a wonderful Piece of Humility."
— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
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From Thursd. Aug. 3. to Saturd. Aug. 5. 1710
Metaphor
"This is interpreted by all who know not the Springs of my Heart as a wonderful Piece of Humility."
Metaphor in Context
I Have yours, with Notice of a Benefit-Ticket of 400 l. per Annum, both enclosed by Mr. Elliot, who had my Numbers for that Purpose. Your Philosophick Advice came very seasonably to me with that good Fortune; but I must be so sincere with you as to acknowledge, I owe my present Moderation more to my own Folly, than your wisdom. You will think this strange till I inform you, that I had fixed my Thoughts upon the 1000 l. a Year, and had with that Expectation laid down so many agreeable Plans for my Behaviour towards my new Lovers and old Friends, that I have received this Favour of Fortune with an Air of Disappointment. This is interpreted by all who know not the Springs of my Heart as a wonderful Piece of Humility. I hope my present State of Mind will grow into that; but I confess my Conduct to be now owing to another Cause. However, I know you will approve my taking hold even of Imperfections to find my Way towards Virtue, which is so feeble in us at the best, that we are often beholden to our Faults for the first Appearances of it.
(IV, p. 82; cf. III, p. 100 in Bond ed.)
(IV, p. 82; cf. III, p. 100 in Bond ed.)
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Over 50 entries in the ESTC (1709, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1716, 1720, 1723, 1728, 1733, 1737, 1743, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1754, 1759, 1764, 1772, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1785, 1786, 1789, 1794, 1795, 1797).
See The Tatler. By Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. Dates of Publication: No. 1 (Tuesday, April 12, 1709.) through No. 271 (From Saturday December 30, to Tuesday January 2, 1710 [i.e. 1711]). <Link to ESTC>
Collected in two volumes, and printed and sold by J. Morphew in 1710, 1711. Also collected and reprinted as The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.
Consulting Donald Bond's edition of The Tatler, 3 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987). Searching and pasting text from The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq: Revised and Corrected by the Author (London: Printed by John Nutt, and sold by John Morphew, 1712): <Link to Vol. 1><Vol. 2><Vol. 3><Vol. 4><Vol. 5>. Some text also from Project Gutenberg digitization of 1899 edition edited by George A. Aitken.
See The Tatler. By Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. Dates of Publication: No. 1 (Tuesday, April 12, 1709.) through No. 271 (From Saturday December 30, to Tuesday January 2, 1710 [i.e. 1711]). <Link to ESTC>
Collected in two volumes, and printed and sold by J. Morphew in 1710, 1711. Also collected and reprinted as The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.
Consulting Donald Bond's edition of The Tatler, 3 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987). Searching and pasting text from The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq: Revised and Corrected by the Author (London: Printed by John Nutt, and sold by John Morphew, 1712): <Link to Vol. 1><Vol. 2><Vol. 3><Vol. 4><Vol. 5>. Some text also from Project Gutenberg digitization of 1899 edition edited by George A. Aitken.
Date of Entry
03/02/2014
