"May the fair page never be polluted!--may it become inscribed with every excellent virtue--and be thereby rendered comely in the sight of Men, of Angels, of the Deity!"
— Rack, Edmund (1735-1787)
Author
Place of Publication
Bath
Publisher
Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the Author
Date
1777, 1778
Metaphor
"May the fair page never be polluted!--may it become inscribed with every excellent virtue--and be thereby rendered comely in the sight of Men, of Angels, of the Deity!"
Metaphor in Context
The mind of youth is a kind of tabula rasa;--at first unstained with guilt, and unadorned with virtue. May the fair page never be polluted!--[end page 9] may it become inscribed with every excellent virtue--and be thereby rendered comely in the sight of Men, of Angels, of the Deity!
(pp. 9-10)
(pp. 9-10)
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Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1777, 1778, 1785).
Text from Mentor's Letters, Addressed to Youth. By Edmund Rack. The Third Edition, Revised and Corrected (Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author; and sold in London by E. and C. Dilly; James Philips; and J. Buckland, 1778). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Mentor's Letters, Addressed to Youth. By Edmund Rack. The Third Edition, Revised and Corrected (Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author; and sold in London by E. and C. Dilly; James Philips; and J. Buckland, 1778). <Link to ESTC>
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Date of Entry
10/13/2006
