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Christanford Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Be run away with

Hi,

But before I am run away with by my feelings on this subject, perhaps it will be advisable for me to state my reasons for marrying -- and moreover for coming into Hertfordshire with the design of selecting a wife, as I certainly did.

What does 'be run away with' mean?

Thanks in advance!
  

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It's the passive of before my feelings run away with me . The intended meaning is before I am overcome by my emotions (and am therefore unable to continue). The writer is attempting to remain calm and rational, but fears his feelings/emotions will prevent him from doing so.

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  • It's the passive of before my feelings run away with me .
  • The intended meaning is before I am overcome by my emotions (and am therefore unable to continue).
  • The writer is attempting to remain calm and rational, but fears his feelings/emotions will prevent him from doing so.
  • All in all, it's a strange way to put it, in my opinion.
  • CJ
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It's the passive of

before my feelings run away with me.

The intended meaning is

before I am overcome by my emotions (and am therefore unable to continue).

The writer is attempting to remain calm and rational, but fears his feelings/emotions will prevent him from doing so.

All in all, it's a strange way to put it, in my opinion.
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Hi,





It's Jane Austen.



But before I am run away with by my feelings on this subject, perhaps it will be advisable for me to state my reasons for marrying—and, moreover, for coming into Hertfordshire with the design of selecting a wife, as I certainly did.’



The humour lies in the fact that Mr. Collins (in Pride and Prejudic
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I did not recognize Mr. Collins's voice in that!

CJ
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