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Literary Period:
"Early Modern"
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"French Revolution"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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"Romantic"
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Metaphor Category:
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Author name:
"Boswell, James (1740-1795)"
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Date: 1791
"LORD TRIMBLESTOWN. 'True, Sir. As the ladies love to see themselves in a glass; so a man likes to see himself in his journal.' ... BOSWELL. "And as a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.'"
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