A sweet idea (of a beloved) may wander through one's thoughts

— Fairfax [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Author

Fairfax [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Work Title

Idea [from A Dictionary of the English Language in Which Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan [etc.]
Date
1755
Metaphor
A sweet idea (of a beloved) may wander through one's thoughts
Metaphor in Context
Her sweet idea wander'd through his thoughts.
Categories
Geography::Wandering
Provenance
Reading Johnson's and Bailey's dictionaries
Citation
Johnson, Samuel. 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. New York,: AMS Press, 1967.
Date of Entry
06/24/2004

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.