"[H]er Vanity therefore retreated into her Mind, where there is no Looking-Glass, and consequently where we can flatter ourselves with discovering almost whatever Beauties we pleas"
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
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Place of Publication
London
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Printed for A. Millar
Date
1752
Metaphor
"[H]er Vanity therefore retreated into her Mind, where there is no Looking-Glass, and consequently where we can flatter ourselves with discovering almost whatever Beauties we pleas"
Metaphor in Context
"The Letter I found on opening it, was from my Father's own Sister; but before I mention the Contents, I will give you a short Sketch of her Character, as it was somewhat particular. Her personal Charms were not great; for she was very tall, very thin, and very homely. Of the Defect of her Beauty she was perhaps sensible; her Vanity therefore retreated into her Mind, where there is no Looking-Glass, and consequently where we can flatter ourselves with discovering almost whatever Beauties we please. This is an encouraging Circumstance; and yet I have observed, dear Mrs. Booth, that few Women, ever seek these Comforts from within, till they are driven to it by Despair of finding any Food for their Vanity from without. Indeed, I believe, the first Wish of our whole Sex is to be handsome."
Here both the Ladies fixed their Eyes on the Glass, and both smiled.
(III.7.3)
Here both the Ladies fixed their Eyes on the Glass, and both smiled.
(III.7.3)
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Citation
13 entries in ESTC (1752, 1762, 1771, 1775, 1777, 1780, 1790, 1793).
See Amelia. By Henry Fielding, 4 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1752). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Henry Fielding, Amelia, ed. David Blewett (London: Penguin Books, 1987).
See Amelia. By Henry Fielding, 4 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1752). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Henry Fielding, Amelia, ed. David Blewett (London: Penguin Books, 1987).
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
