"This weakness did not proceed from a bad heart, but was merely the effect of vanity, or an unbridled imagination."
— Gregory, John (1724-1773)
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Place of Publication
London and Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, and J. Balfour, and W. Creech
Date
1774
Metaphor
"This weakness did not proceed from a bad heart, but was merely the effect of vanity, or an unbridled imagination."
Metaphor in Context
Have a sacred regard to truth. Lying is a mean and despicable vice.--I have known some women of excellent parts, who were so much addicted to it, that they could not be trusted in the relation of any story, especially if it contained any thing of the marvellous, or if they themselves were the heroines of the tale. This weakness did not proceed from a bad heart, but was merely the effect of vanity, or an unbridled imagination.--I do not mean to censure that lively embellishment of a humorous story, which is only intended to promote innocent mirth.
(pp. 37-38)
(pp. 37-38)
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Citation
At least entries in the ESTC (1774, 1775, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1781, 1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800).
Text from A Father's Legacy to His Daughters. By the Late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh. A New Edition. (London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh, 1774). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Text from A Father's Legacy to His Daughters. By the Late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh. A New Edition. (London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh, 1774). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
09/10/2014
