"That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men"
— Shakespeare [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan
Date
1755
Metaphor
"That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men"
Metaphor in Context
Thou almost mak'st me waver in my faith
To hold opinion with Pythagoras
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks of men.
To hold opinion with Pythagoras
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks of men.
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
