"At last it came into my head to try if he was generous enough to conquer his own Passion, rather than be the Cause of my being unhappy."
— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1744, 1753
Metaphor
"At last it came into my head to try if he was generous enough to conquer his own Passion, rather than be the Cause of my being unhappy."
Metaphor in Context
When he was gone, I could not command myself enough to sit in Company, but got away by myself into a solitary Walk, where I might be at liberty to give a Vent to my Sorrows, and reflect in what manner I should act to extricate myself out of these Difficulties. I resolved, let what would be the Consequence, absolutely to refuse Vieuville; but then I feared, if he should persist in his Love, what my Brother would suffer in his Wife's continual Importunities. At last it came into my head to try if he was generous enough to conquer his own Passion, rather than be the Cause of my being unhappy.
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Provenance
Searching "conque" and "passion" in HDIS (Prose)
Citation
At least 15 entries in ESTC (1740, 1744, 1753, 1758, 1761, 1772, 1775, 1782, 1788, 1792). [Note, Volume the Last published in 1753.]
The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady, 2 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1744) <Link to ECCO>
The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady, 2 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1744) <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/26/2005
Date of Review
07/18/2011
