"Antapodosis, a returning or repaying on the other Side or by turns: In Rhetorick, the Counter-part or latter Clause of a Similitude, answering the former. Thus, As the Soil is improv'd by Tilling, So the Mind is more refin'd, and render'd more sublime by good Discipline"
— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Phillips; H. Rhodes; and J. Taylor
Date
1706 [first published 1658]
Metaphor
"Antapodosis, a returning or repaying on the other Side or by turns: In Rhetorick, the Counter-part or latter Clause of a Similitude, answering the former. Thus, As the Soil is improv'd by Tilling, So the Mind is more refin'd, and render'd more sublime by good Discipline"
Metaphor in Context
Antapodosis, a returning or repaying on the other Side or by turns: In Rhetorick, the Counter-part or latter Clause of a Similitude, answering the former. Thus, As the Soil is improv'd by Tilling, So the Mind is more refin'd, and render'd more sublime by good Discipline.
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Provenance
Searching "mind" in Phillips's Dictionary (1706) in ECCO.
Citation
At least 6 entries in ESTC (1658, 1662, 1663, 1678, 1706, 1720).
See Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words: or, a General Dictionary: Containing the Interpretations of Such Hard Words As Are Derived from Other Languages; Whether Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Dutch, Saxon, &c. (London: Printed by E. Tyler, for Nath. Brooke at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, 1658). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary. Containing an Account of the Original or Proper Sense, and Various Significations of All Hard Words Derived from Other Languages 6th ed., revised, corrected, and improved (London: Printed for J. Phillips, at the King’s-Arms in S. Paul's Church-Yard; H. Rhodes at the Star, the Corner of Bride-Lane, in Fleet-Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in S. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1706). <Link to ESTC>
See Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words: or, a General Dictionary: Containing the Interpretations of Such Hard Words As Are Derived from Other Languages; Whether Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Dutch, Saxon, &c. (London: Printed by E. Tyler, for Nath. Brooke at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, 1658). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary. Containing an Account of the Original or Proper Sense, and Various Significations of All Hard Words Derived from Other Languages 6th ed., revised, corrected, and improved (London: Printed for J. Phillips, at the King’s-Arms in S. Paul's Church-Yard; H. Rhodes at the Star, the Corner of Bride-Lane, in Fleet-Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in S. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1706). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
06/20/2005
