"No, for I have heard some say, Men are ne're less alone, then when alone. reason I suppose is this, because they have Crowds of Thoughts, that still per the Mind; which wou'd be like the Soul retired and free, thereby to enjoy sweet Repose, which nought but that can Grant."
— Harris, Joseph (fl. 1684-1703)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson ... and R. Clavel [etc.]
Date
1696
Metaphor
"No, for I have heard some say, Men are ne're less alone, then when alone. reason I suppose is this, because they have Crowds of Thoughts, that still per the Mind; which wou'd be like the Soul retired and free, thereby to enjoy sweet Repose, which nought but that can Grant."
Metaphor in Context
SPRU.
How now Jack! What all alone Man?
FRI.
No, for I have heard some say, Men are ne're less alone, then when alone. reason I suppose is this, because they have Crowds of Thoughts, that still per the Mind; which wou'd be like the Soul retired and free, thereby to enjoy sweet Repose, which nought but that can Grant.
How now Jack! What all alone Man?
FRI.
No, for I have heard some say, Men are ne're less alone, then when alone. reason I suppose is this, because they have Crowds of Thoughts, that still per the Mind; which wou'd be like the Soul retired and free, thereby to enjoy sweet Repose, which nought but that can Grant.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "crowd" in HDIS (Drama); found again "thought"
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
