"[T]he passions of men are temporary madhouses; and sometimes very fatal in their effects"
— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand
Date
1771
Metaphor
"[T]he passions of men are temporary madhouses; and sometimes very fatal in their effects"
Metaphor in Context
"But delusive ideas, sir, are the motives of the greatest part of mankind, and a heated imagination of the power by which their actions are incited: the world, in the eye of a philosopher, may be said to be a large madhouse." "It is true," answered Harley, "the passions of men are temporary madhouses; and sometimes very fatal in their effects"
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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
