after one's own heart

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of a person

   Of a person: having the same disposition, feelings, or opinions as oneself.

   • [H]e [God] ſet vppe David to be their kynge⸝ to whome he gave witnes⸝ ſaynge: I have founde David the ſonne of Jeſſe⸝ a man after myne awne hert⸝ he ſhall fullfyll all my will.
   • But now thy [Saul's] kingdome ſhall not continue: the Lord hath ſought him a man after his owne heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to bee captaine ouer his people, becauſe thou haſt not kept that which the Lord hath commanded thee.
2. 2

   Of a situation or thing

   Of a situation or thing: according to, or appealing to, one's own desire, liking, or taste.

   • In this particular party, small as it was, culture, learning, art, arms, landed interest and hereditary sway were properly personified. It was, indeed, a representative gathering after the Talberts' own hearts.

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