"These images fill, nay, are too big for their narrow souls."

— Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)


Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson
Date
1788
Metaphor
"These images fill, nay, are too big for their narrow souls."
Metaphor in Context
It appears to me that every creature has some notion--or rather relish, of the sublime. Riches, and the consequent state, are the sublime of weak minds:--These images fill, nay, are too big for their narrow souls.
(p. 67)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS
Citation
Only one entry in ESTC (1788).

See Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary, A Fiction (Printed for J. Johnson, 1788). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/23/2013

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