"Tho' Reason's Lord, some ruling Passion's Tool, / The wisest man, in some things, is a Fool"
— Miller, James (1704-1744)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for L. Gilliver
Date
1735
Metaphor
"Tho' Reason's Lord, some ruling Passion's Tool, / The wisest man, in some things, is a Fool"
Metaphor in Context
Yet more;--This Inequality you'll find
Oft' in the best, and noblest of the Kind:
Tho' Reason's Lord, some ruling Passion's Tool,
The wisest Man, in some things, is a Fool.
Oft' in the best, and noblest of the Kind:
Tho' Reason's Lord, some ruling Passion's Tool,
The wisest Man, in some things, is a Fool.
Provenance
Searching "ruling passion" in HDIS (Restoration and C18)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1735, 1736).
See Seasonable Reproof, a Satire, in the Manner of Horace. To Be Continued Occasionally As a Poetical Pillory, to Execute Justice Upon Such Vices and Follies, As Are Either Above the Reach, or Without the Verge of the Laws. (London: Printed for L. Gilliver, at Homer's-Head, over-against St. Dunstan’s Church, in Fleet-Street, 1735).
See Seasonable Reproof, a Satire, in the Manner of Horace. To Be Continued Occasionally As a Poetical Pillory, to Execute Justice Upon Such Vices and Follies, As Are Either Above the Reach, or Without the Verge of the Laws. (London: Printed for L. Gilliver, at Homer's-Head, over-against St. Dunstan’s Church, in Fleet-Street, 1735).
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
05/25/2004
