"And thus, the subdivisions of the several heads of his harangue, and even particular sentiments in each subdivision, might be imprinted on his mind by a similar mode of arrangement"
— Beattie, James (1735-1803)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell ... and W. Creech
Date
1783
Metaphor
"And thus, the subdivisions of the several heads of his harangue, and even particular sentiments in each subdivision, might be imprinted on his mind by a similar mode of arrangement"
Metaphor in Context
In the places thus appropriated to the artificial Memory (supposing them the apartments of the house) there would be moveables; as statues and pictures in one warlike weapons in another, tables and couches in a third: or, if they did not admit of such furniture, it would be easy for the orator to allot to each place (whatever it was) a certain number of symbols, or figures, or names, ranged in a certain manner. And thus, the subdivisions of the several heads of his harangue, and even particular sentiments in each subdivision, might be imprinted on his mind by a similar mode of arrangement; the moveables, figures, or symbols, being disposed in a certain order, that order fixed in the Memory, and particular subdivisions and sentiments associated with them.
(II.iii, p. 24)
(II.iii, p. 24)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1783).
Beattie, James. Dissertations Moral and Critical (London: Printed for Strahan, Cadell, and Creech, 1783). Facsimile-Reprint: Friedrich Frommann Verlag, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 1970. <Link to Google Books>
Beattie, James. Dissertations Moral and Critical (London: Printed for Strahan, Cadell, and Creech, 1783). Facsimile-Reprint: Friedrich Frommann Verlag, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 1970. <Link to Google Books>
Theme
Artificial Memory
Date of Entry
07/25/2005
