"'Tis a phrase often apply'd to a man, when speaking, that 'he speaks his MIND'; as much as to say, that his Speech or Discourse is 'a publishing of some Energie or Motion of his Soul.'"
— Harris, James (1709-1780)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vailon
Date
1771
Metaphor
"'Tis a phrase often apply'd to a man, when speaking, that 'he speaks his MIND'; as much as to say, that his Speech or Discourse is 'a publishing of some Energie or Motion of his Soul.'"
Metaphor in Context
'Tis a phrase often apply'd to a man, when speaking, that he speaks his MIND; as much as to say, that his Speech or Discourse is a publishing of some Energie or Motion of his Soul. So it indeed is in every one that speaks, excepting alone the Dissembler or Hypocrite; and he too, as far as possible, affects the appearance.
(Book I, Ch. ii, p. 15)
(Book I, Ch. ii, p. 15)
Categories
Provenance
Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).
Citation
6 entries in ESTC (1751, 1765, 1771, 1773, 1786, 1794).
Text from Hermes or a Philosophical Inqviry Concerning Universal Grammar by Iames Harris Esq. The Third Edition Revised and Corrected. (London: Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vailon, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Hermes or a Philosophical Inqviry Concerning Universal Grammar by Iames Harris Esq. The Third Edition Revised and Corrected. (London: Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vailon, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
01/26/2004
