"After the cursory view of Nature, which was concluded in my last Lecture, it may not be amiss to examine our own faculties, and see by what means we acquire and treasure up a knowledge of those things; and this is done, I apprehend, by means of the senses, the operations of the mind, and the memory; which last may be called the Storehouse of the understanding."
— Telescope, Tom [pseud.]
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Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for John Newbery
Publisher
London
Date
1761
Metaphor
"After the cursory view of Nature, which was concluded in my last Lecture, it may not be amiss to examine our own faculties, and see by what means we acquire and treasure up a knowledge of those things; and this is done, I apprehend, by means of the senses, the operations of the mind, and the memory; which last may be called the Storehouse of the understanding."
Metaphor in Context
After the cursory view of Nature, which was concluded in my last Lecture, it may not be amiss to examine our own faculties, and see by what means we acquire and treasure up a knowledge of those things; and this is done, I apprehend, by means of the senses, the operations of the mind, and the memory; which last may be called the Storehouse of the understanding. The first time little Master is brought to a looking-glass he thinks he has found a new play-mate, and calls out, Little boy! Little boy! for having never seen his own face before, it is no wonder that he should not know it. Here is the idea, therefore, of something new acquired by sight. [...]
(VI, p. 100)
(VI, p. 100)
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Reading in ECCO
Citation
11 entries in ESTC (1761, 1762, 1764, 1766 ,1770, 1779, 1784, 1787, 1794, 1798).
Tom Telescope, The Newtonian System of Philosophy Adapted to the Capacities of Young Gentlemen and Ladies, and Familiarized and Made Entertaining by Objects with which They are Intimately Acquainted: Being the Substance of Six Lectures Read to the Lilliputian Society, by Tom Telescope, A.M. and Collected and Methodized for the Benefit of the Youth of these Kingdoms, by their old Friend Mr. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church Yard; Who has also added Variety of Copper-Plate Cuts, to illustrate and confirm the Doctrines Advanced. (London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1761). <Link to ECCO>
Tom Telescope, The Newtonian System of Philosophy Adapted to the Capacities of Young Gentlemen and Ladies, and Familiarized and Made Entertaining by Objects with which They are Intimately Acquainted: Being the Substance of Six Lectures Read to the Lilliputian Society, by Tom Telescope, A.M. and Collected and Methodized for the Benefit of the Youth of these Kingdoms, by their old Friend Mr. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church Yard; Who has also added Variety of Copper-Plate Cuts, to illustrate and confirm the Doctrines Advanced. (London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1761). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/24/2012
