"Nature has been very bountiful to you, and has given you a very good
corporeal standing dish, but the mental tureen is furnished but meager;
owing, I suppose, to the want of brains at the head of the table"— Johnson, Theophilus
Author
Date
1783
Metaphor
"Nature has been very bountiful to you, and has given you a very good
corporeal standing dish, but the mental tureen is furnished but meager;
owing, I suppose, to the want of brains at the head of the table"
corporeal standing dish, but the mental tureen is furnished but meager;
owing, I suppose, to the want of brains at the head of the table"
Metaphor in Context
'Nature has been very bountiful to you, and has given you a very good
corporeal standing dish, but the mental tureen is furnished but meager;
owing, I suppose, to the want of brains at the head of the table.'
corporeal standing dish, but the mental tureen is furnished but meager;
owing, I suppose, to the want of brains at the head of the table.'
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by Miruna Stanica (email communication)
Theme
Dualism
Date of Entry
08/26/2005
