"Malignant tempers ... will discover their natural tincture of mind."
— Addison [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan
Date
1755
Metaphor
"Malignant tempers ... will discover their natural tincture of mind."
Metaphor in Context
Malignant tempers, whatever kind of life they are engaged in, will discover their natural tincture of mind.
Categories
Provenance
Reading Johnson's Dictionary
Citation
Text from Samuel Johnson, 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
03/08/2005
