"My brain was a broker's shop; the little good furniture it contained all hid by lumber!"

— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)

Author

Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)

Work Title

The Deserted Daughter: A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson [etc.]
Date
1795
Metaphor
"My brain was a broker's shop; the little good furniture it contained all hid by lumber!"
Metaphor in Context
CHEV.
Fined for Horace, horsed for Homer, and plucked because I could not parrot over their premises and predicates, majors and minors, antecedents and consequents. My brain was a broker's shop; the little good furniture it contained all hid by lumber!
Categories
Architecture::Furniture Architecture::Shop::Broker's Shop Architecture::Lumber
Provenance
Searching "brain" and "Furniture" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
01/24/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.