"The dotard's mind / To ev'ry sense is lost, to reason blind"
— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.
Place of Publication
London
Date
1725-6
Metaphor
"The dotard's mind / To ev'ry sense is lost, to reason blind"
Metaphor in Context
Yet warn'd in vain, with laughter loud elate
The Peers reproach the sure Divine of Fate;
And thus Eurymachus: The dotard's mind
To ev'ry sense is lost, to reason blind:
Swift from the dome conduct the slave away;
Let him in open air behold the day.
(Bk. XX)
The Peers reproach the sure Divine of Fate;
And thus Eurymachus: The dotard's mind
To ev'ry sense is lost, to reason blind:
Swift from the dome conduct the slave away;
Let him in open air behold the day.
(Bk. XX)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Citation
Over 30 entries in ESTC (1725, 1726, 1745, 1752, 1753, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763, 1766, 1767, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1778, 1790, 1792, 1795, 1796).
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).
Date of Entry
10/28/2003
