"The foolish old poet says, that the souls of some women are made of sea-water"
— Addison [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan
Date
1755
Metaphor
"The foolish old poet says, that the souls of some women are made of sea-water"
Metaphor in Context
The foolish old poet says, that the souls of some women are made of sea-water: this has encouraged my saucebox to be witty upon me.
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
08/05/2005
