"Dreams were the only Work of a disturb'd Fancy, and were as far from Truth, as the Glow-Worm's dim Shine from Light and Heat; the Creatures of the drowsy Brain."
— Chetwood, William Rufus (d. 1766)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts
Date
1736
Metaphor
"Dreams were the only Work of a disturb'd Fancy, and were as far from Truth, as the Glow-Worm's dim Shine from Light and Heat; the Creatures of the drowsy Brain."
Metaphor in Context
When the Time of Breakfast came, my Father enter'd the Room, and ask'd me how I had rested last Night; the Maid answer'd for me, that I had been disturb'd by frightful Dreams; my Father return'd, he had none of the best; but, continu'd he, Dreams were the only Work of a disturb'd Fancy, and were as far from Truth, as the Glow-Worm's dim Shine from Light and Heat; the Creatures of the drowsy Brain.
(p. 26)
(p. 26)
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Provenance
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Citation
The Voyages, Travels and Adventures, of William Owen Gwin Vaughan, Esq With The History of his Brother Jonathan Vaughan, Six Years a Slave in Tunis. Intermix'd with the Histories of Clerimont, Maria, Eleanora, and Others. Full of Various Turns of Fortune, 2 vols. (London: J. Watts, 1736). <Link to Oxford Text Archive>
Date of Entry
06/21/2013
