"Edgar, to whom the sun-beams of the mind gave a glow which not all the sparkling rays of the brightest eyes could emit, respected her modesty too highly to combat it, and, dropping the subject, enquired what was become of Eugenia."
— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Payne and T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies
Date
1796
Metaphor
"Edgar, to whom the sun-beams of the mind gave a glow which not all the sparkling rays of the brightest eyes could emit, respected her modesty too highly to combat it, and, dropping the subject, enquired what was become of Eugenia."
Metaphor in Context
Edgar, to whom the sun-beams of the mind gave a glow which not all the sparkling rays of the brightest eyes could emit, respected her modesty too highly to combat it, and, dropping the subject, enquired what was become of Eugenia.
(I.ii.2, p. 144)
(I.ii.2, p. 144)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in C-H Lion
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1796).
Frances Burney, Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth. By The Author of Evelina and Cecilia., 5 vols. (London: Printed for T. Payne and T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, 1796). <Link to ProQuest Lion><Link to Volume I in Google Books>
Reading in Camilla (Oxford and New York: OUP, 1983).
Frances Burney, Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth. By The Author of Evelina and Cecilia., 5 vols. (London: Printed for T. Payne and T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, 1796). <Link to ProQuest Lion><Link to Volume I in Google Books>
Reading in Camilla (Oxford and New York: OUP, 1983).
Date of Entry
03/22/2013
