"But, hear, Louisa--a thought, just now, vast and immense as my own boundless passion, crowds on my troubled mind."

— Timaeus, J. J. (1763-1809); Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)


Place of Publication
London and Leipzig
Publisher
Printed by J. Bryan, For T. Boosey
Date
1795, 1796
Metaphor
"But, hear, Louisa--a thought, just now, vast and immense as my own boundless passion, crowds on my troubled mind."
Metaphor in Context
FERDINAND
And mine are raised. My father is highly irritated, and will do his utmost to thwart us. But, hear, Louisa--a thought, just now, vast and immense as my own boundless passion, crowds on my troubled mind.--Thou Louisa, I and love--Is not all Heaven contained--
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "crowd" in HDIS (Drama)' found again "thought" and "passion"
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1795, 1796, 1797).

Text from Cabal and Love, a Tragedy. Translated from the German of Frederick Schiller, Author of the Robbers, Don Carlos, Conspiracy of Fiesco, &C. &c. (London and Leipsic: Printed for T. Boosey and A. Reinicke, 1796). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/13/2006

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