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Metaphor Category:
"Fire"
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Gender of Author:
"Female"
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Politics of Author:
"Jacobin Sympathies"
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Literary Period:
"Age of Sensibility"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Genre:
"Prose Fiction"
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Date: 1777, 1780
"The notice and observation of strangers, and the affection of individuals, together with that inward consciousness that always attends superiour qualities, would sometimes kindle the flames of ambition in Edmund's heart; but he checked them presently by reflecting upon his low birth and dependan...
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)
Date: 1788
"The ardent imagination of Delamere instantly caught fire."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1788
"A ray of fire seemed to flash across the imagination of Delamere, and to inflame all his hopes."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)