"The optics of some minds are in so unlucky a perspective, as to throw a certain shade on every picture that is presented to them; while those of others (of which number was Harley) like the mirrors of the ladies, have a wonderful effect in bettering their complexions"
— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand
Date
1771
Metaphor
"The optics of some minds are in so unlucky a perspective, as to throw a certain shade on every picture that is presented to them; while those of others (of which number was Harley) like the mirrors of the ladies, have a wonderful effect in bettering their complexions"
Metaphor in Context
Though I am not of opinion with some wise men, that the existence of object depends on idea; yet, I am convinced, that their appearance is not a little influenced by it. The optics of some minds are in so unlucky a perspective, as to throw a certain shade on every picture that is presented to them; while those of others (of which number was Harley) like the mirrors of the ladies, have a wonderful effect in bettering their complexions.
(pp. 43-4)
(pp. 43-4)
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Reading
Citation
29 entries (1771, 1773, 1775, 1778, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1797, 1799, 1800).
See The Man of Feeling (London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1771). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling, ed. Brian Vickers. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001).
See The Man of Feeling (London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1771). <Link to ECCO>
Reading Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling, ed. Brian Vickers. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001).
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
