"Ha, ha, ha, he is shaken, my dear Ringwood; this Man of Depth and Inquiry; he is shaken; his Reason, like an ill-managed Horse, starts under him: What is this haughty Guide of imperious Man, this sufficient Word, Wisdom."
— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Wilkins
Date
1726
Metaphor
"Ha, ha, ha, he is shaken, my dear Ringwood; this Man of Depth and Inquiry; he is shaken; his Reason, like an ill-managed Horse, starts under him: What is this haughty Guide of imperious Man, this sufficient Word, Wisdom."
Metaphor in Context
JOINER.
Ha, ha, ha, he is shaken, my dear Ringwood; this Man of Depth and Inquiry; he is shaken; his Reason, like an ill-managed Horse, starts under him: What is this haughty Guide of imperious Man, this sufficient Word, Wisdom.
RINGWOOD.
It is the Philosopher's Rattle, the Statesman's Face, and the Woman's Vertue, the Cully of our Passions, and the Nurse of our Pride; Love laughs at it, Avarice starves it, Joy contemns it, and Superstition blinds it: 'Tis a dumb Preacher, a blind Painter, and a deaf Musician: In a Word, 'tis Chastity in Age, and Insensibility in Youth.
JOINER.
'Tis Solemnity in Asses, and Austerity in Owls; 'tis Love, 'tis Interest, 'tis Folly in Sir Charles here:--Say my Boy, my golden Boy of Fortune, did I not play my Part well?
(III)
Ha, ha, ha, he is shaken, my dear Ringwood; this Man of Depth and Inquiry; he is shaken; his Reason, like an ill-managed Horse, starts under him: What is this haughty Guide of imperious Man, this sufficient Word, Wisdom.
RINGWOOD.
It is the Philosopher's Rattle, the Statesman's Face, and the Woman's Vertue, the Cully of our Passions, and the Nurse of our Pride; Love laughs at it, Avarice starves it, Joy contemns it, and Superstition blinds it: 'Tis a dumb Preacher, a blind Painter, and a deaf Musician: In a Word, 'tis Chastity in Age, and Insensibility in Youth.
JOINER.
'Tis Solemnity in Asses, and Austerity in Owls; 'tis Love, 'tis Interest, 'tis Folly in Sir Charles here:--Say my Boy, my golden Boy of Fortune, did I not play my Part well?
(III)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "horse" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The Female Fortune-Teller. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. (London: Printed by W. Wilkins, 1726). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/05/2012
