"They say this town is full of cozenage, / Drug-working sorcerers that change the mind; / Soul-killing witches that deform the body; / And many such like libertines of sin."
— Shakespeare [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan
Date
1755
Metaphor
"They say this town is full of cozenage, / Drug-working sorcerers that change the mind; / Soul-killing witches that deform the body; / And many such like libertines of sin."
Metaphor in Context
They say this town is full of cozenage,
Drug-working sorcerers that change the mind;
Soul-killing witches that deform the body;
And many such like libertines of sin.
Drug-working sorcerers that change the mind;
Soul-killing witches that deform the body;
And many such like libertines of sin.
Categories
Provenance
Reading Johnson's and Bailey's dictionaries
Citation
At least 17 entries in ESTC (1755, 1765, 1773, 1775, 1784, 1785).
A Dictionary of the English Language; in Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. to Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A. M. In Two Volumes. (London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knaptor; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755). <Link to ESTC>
Reading A Dictionary of the English Language Facsimile reprint (New York, AMS Press, 1967).
A Dictionary of the English Language; in Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. to Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A. M. In Two Volumes. (London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knaptor; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755). <Link to ESTC>
Reading A Dictionary of the English Language Facsimile reprint (New York, AMS Press, 1967).
Date of Entry
06/24/2004
