"The false representations of the kingdom's enemies had made some impression in the mind of the successor."

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

Author

Swift [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
"The false representations of the kingdom's enemies had made some impression in the mind of the successor."
Metaphor in Context
The false representations of the kingdom's enemies had made some impression in the mind of the successor.
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.