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" As the barometer,' said she to herself 'is governed by the weather, so is the man in love governed by the woman he admires; he is a mere machine — acts nothing of himself — has no will or power of his own, but is lifted up or depressed, just as the... "
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless: In Four Volumes - Página 143
por Eliza Fowler Haywood - 1751
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Family Fictions: Narrative and Domestic Relations in Britain, 1688-1798

Christopher Flint - 2002 - 416 páginas
...man in love governed by the woman he admires: he is a meer machine,—acts nothing of himself,—has no will or power of his own, but is lifted up, or depressed, just as the charmer of his heart is in the humour" (1: 143). Depriving men of their autonomy,...
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Appearing to Diminish: Female Development and the British Bildungsroman ...

Lorna Ellis - 1999 - 220 páginas
...man in love governed by the woman he admires: he is a mere machine — acts nothing of himself — has no will or power of his own, but is lifted up or depressed, just as the charmer of his heart is in the humour" (75). Clearly, Betsy is in for a rude...
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Plots of Enlightenment: Education and the Novel in Eighteenth-Century England

Richard A. Barney - 1999 - 442 páginas
...man in love governed by the woman he admires: he is a mere machine—acts nothing of himself—has no will or power of his own, but is lifted up or depressed, just as the charmer of his heart is in the humour." (75) In observing Betsy's elaborate...
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