"And in a diversity of things, as in a mist, the Mind is apt to lose it self."
— Blount, Thomas Pope, Sir (1649-1697)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Bently
Date
1691
Metaphor
"And in a diversity of things, as in a mist, the Mind is apt to lose it self."
Metaphor in Context
[...] The ingenious Montaign, enquiring into the reason why Men of Learning do generally seem to be more uncouth in their Discourse as also more unfit for Business than other Men, saith, I cannot conceive the true Cause hereof, unless it be, that as Plants are Choakt by over-much Moisture, and Lamps are Stifl'd with too much Oil; so are the Actions of the Mind overwhelm'd by over-abundance of Matter and Study: And in a diversity of things, as in a mist, the Mind is apt to lose it self. [...]
(pp. 89-90)
(pp. 89-90)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in EEBO
Citation
Text from Sir Tho. Pope Blount's Essays on Several Subjects, 3rd impression (London: Printed for Richard Bently, 1697). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
01/12/2012
