"He magnifies all her real perfections in his imagination, and is either blind to her failings, or converts them into beauties."
— Gregory, John (1724-1773)
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London and Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, and J. Balfour, and W. Creech
Date
1774
Metaphor
"He magnifies all her real perfections in his imagination, and is either blind to her failings, or converts them into beauties."
Metaphor in Context
[..] True love, in all its stages, seeks concealment, and never expects success. It renders a man not only respectful, but timid to the highest degree in his behaviour to the woman he loves. To conceal the awe he stands in of her, he may sometimes affect pleasantry, but it sits aukwardly on him, and he quickly relapses into seriousness, if not dulness.--He magnifies all her real perfections in his imagination, and is either blind to her failings, or converts them into beauties. Like a person conscious of guilt, he is jealous that every eye observes him; and to avoid this, he shuns all the little observances of common gallantry.
(pp. 85-86)
(pp. 85-86)
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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
