"Theodore had almost declared for her rival, made her determine to conquer her passion, and cede the beloved object to her friend."
— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Tho. Lownds in Fleet-Street
Date
1765 [1764]
Metaphor
"Theodore had almost declared for her rival, made her determine to conquer her passion, and cede the beloved object to her friend."
Metaphor in Context
Theodore had almost declared for her rival, made her determine to conquer her passion, and cede the beloved object to her friend.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "passion" in HDIS (Prose)
Citation
Twenty entries in the ESTC (1764, 1765, 1766, 1769, 1770, 1781, 1782, 1786, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1800).
Second edition of 1765 subtitled "A Gothic Story." Third edition in 1766; sixth edition by Dodsley in 1791. Several new editions in 1790s. See first edition: The Castle of Otranto, a Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto (London: Tho. Lownds, 1764). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. World's Classics Paperback, ed. W. S. Lewis (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 1982).
Second edition of 1765 subtitled "A Gothic Story." Third edition in 1766; sixth edition by Dodsley in 1791. Several new editions in 1790s. See first edition: The Castle of Otranto, a Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto (London: Tho. Lownds, 1764). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. World's Classics Paperback, ed. W. S. Lewis (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 1982).
Date of Entry
02/08/2005
