"Were the offices of religion stript of all the external decencies, they would not make a due impression on the mind."

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

Author

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

Work Title

Impression [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
"Were the offices of religion stript of all the external decencies, they would not make a due impression on the mind."
Metaphor in Context
Were the offices of religion stript of all the external decencies, they would not make a due impression on the mind.
Categories
Impressions
Provenance
Looking up "impression" in 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
05/18/2005

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