"Others, unemployed, were strolling to and fro, and testified to their vacancy of thought and care by humming or whistling a tune."
— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
George Folliet Hopkins
Date
1800
Metaphor
"Others, unemployed, were strolling to and fro, and testified to their vacancy of thought and care by humming or whistling a tune."
Metaphor in Context
Others, unemployed, were strolling to and fro, and testified to their vacancy of thought and care by humming or whistling a tune.
(Part II, chapter 4, p. 458)
(Part II, chapter 4, p. 458)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1799, 1800).
First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
See Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793. Second Part. By the author of Wieland, Ormond, Huntley [sic], &c. (New-York: Printed and sold by George F. Hopkins, at Washington’s Head, 136, Pearl-Street, 1800). <Link to ESTC>
First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
See Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793. Second Part. By the author of Wieland, Ormond, Huntley [sic], &c. (New-York: Printed and sold by George F. Hopkins, at Washington’s Head, 136, Pearl-Street, 1800). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/21/2003
Date of Review
12/28/2009
