after one's own soul

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after one's own soul

  1. Synonym of after one's own heart
    • 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “In which I Show Myself to be a Man of Spirit”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1856, →OCLC, page 37:
      "Give me a kiss, my dear boy," said Fagan, with tears in his eyes. "You're after my own soul. As long as Jack Fagan lives you shall never want a friend or a second."