"I blot from my memory every other woman; those every-day beauties (as Terence calls them) who have nothing but their sex to recommend them."

— Graves, Richard (1715-1804)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1773
Metaphor
"I blot from my memory every other woman; those every-day beauties (as Terence calls them) who have nothing but their sex to recommend them."
Metaphor in Context
"Neither am I very fond of the company of Ladies, out of regard to the memory of poor Ophelia; the recollection of whose excellencies makes the generality of female conversation truly insipid--Deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres--I blot from my memory every other woman; those every-day beauties (as Terence calls them) who have nothing but their sex to recommend them."
Categories
Provenance
Searching "blot" and "memory" in HDIS (Prose)
Citation
At least 5 entries in the ESTC (1755, 1773, 1774, 1783)

The Spiritual Quixote: or, the Summer's Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A Comic Romance. 3 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/25/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.