"Crambe used to value himself upon this system, from whence he said one might see the propriety of the expression, 'such a one has a barren imagination;' and how common it is for such people to adopt conclusions that are not the issue of their premisses."
— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (bap. 1677, d. 1735)
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by and for George Faulkner
Date
1741
Metaphor
"Crambe used to value himself upon this system, from whence he said one might see the propriety of the expression, 'such a one has a barren imagination;' and how common it is for such people to adopt conclusions that are not the issue of their premisses."
Metaphor in Context
Crambe used to value himself upon this system, from whence he said one might see the propriety of the expression, "such a one has a barren imagination"; and how common it is for such people to adopt conclusions that are not the issue of their premisses. Therefore as an absurdity is a monster, a falsity is a bastard; and a true conclusion that followeth not from the premisses, may properly said to be adopted.
"But then what is an enthymeme?" quoth Cornelius.
"Why, an enthymeme," replied Crambe, "is when the major is indeed married to the minor, but the marriage kept secret."
(Chapter VII, p. 41)
"But then what is an enthymeme?" quoth Cornelius.
"Why, an enthymeme," replied Crambe, "is when the major is indeed married to the minor, but the marriage kept secret."
(Chapter VII, p. 41)
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Citation
At least 16 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1741, 1742, 1752, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1761, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1779, 1789). Republished in the Works of Pope and of Swift.
See Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus. By Mr. Pope (Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1741). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Reading Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus (London: Hesperus Press, 2002). [From which much of my text was originally transcribed.]
See Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus. By Mr. Pope (Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1741). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Reading Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus (London: Hesperus Press, 2002). [From which much of my text was originally transcribed.]
Date of Entry
05/18/2004
