"It requires but little, to awaken a passion, which is not, entirely, rooted out from the heart."
— Trusler, John (1735-1820)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1766
Metaphor
"It requires but little, to awaken a passion, which is not, entirely, rooted out from the heart."
Metaphor in Context
50. To Awake, Awaken.
The first, of these words, is, more frequently, used in a literal sense; the last, in a figurative.
The least noise awakes those, who sleep indifferently. It requires but little, to awaken a passion, which is not, entirely, rooted out from the heart.
(I, pp. 64-5)
The first, of these words, is, more frequently, used in a literal sense; the last, in a figurative.
The least noise awakes those, who sleep indifferently. It requires but little, to awaken a passion, which is not, entirely, rooted out from the heart.
(I, pp. 64-5)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Credited as being the first thesaurus in English. 4 entries in the ESTC (1766, 1776, 1783, 1795).
See John Trusler, The Difference, Between Words, Esteemed Synonymous: in the English Language; and, the Proper Choice of them Determined: Together with, so much of Abbé Girard's Treatise, on this Subject, as Would Agree, with our Mode of Expression, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1766). <Vol. I, Link to ECCO-TCP><Vol. II, Link to ECCO-TCP>
See John Trusler, The Difference, Between Words, Esteemed Synonymous: in the English Language; and, the Proper Choice of them Determined: Together with, so much of Abbé Girard's Treatise, on this Subject, as Would Agree, with our Mode of Expression, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1766). <Vol. I, Link to ECCO-TCP><Vol. II, Link to ECCO-TCP>
Theme
Meta-Metaphorical
Date of Entry
08/15/2013
