"The word 'heavy', is more applicable to that, which loads the body; 'weighty', to that, which burdens the mind."
— Trusler, John (1735-1820)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1766
Metaphor
"The word 'heavy', is more applicable to that, which loads the body; 'weighty', to that, which burdens the mind."
Metaphor in Context
50. Heavy, Weighty.
The word heavy, is more applicable to that, which loads the body; weighty, to that, which burdens the mind. It requires strength, to carry the one; parts, to support the other.
A weak man finds that, heavy, which, the strong find, light. The administration of state affairs, is too weighty a concern, for one person to undertake.
(I, p. 65)
The word heavy, is more applicable to that, which loads the body; weighty, to that, which burdens the mind. It requires strength, to carry the one; parts, to support the other.
A weak man finds that, heavy, which, the strong find, light. The administration of state affairs, is too weighty a concern, for one person to undertake.
(I, p. 65)
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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>
Date of Entry
08/15/2013
