"A 'vision', passes, inwardly, in the mind; and, is supposed to be, only, an action of the imagination. An 'apparition', strikes the senses, outwardly, and, is supposed to be, an object from without."
— Trusler, John (1735-1820)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1766
Metaphor
"A 'vision', passes, inwardly, in the mind; and, is supposed to be, only, an action of the imagination. An 'apparition', strikes the senses, outwardly, and, is supposed to be, an object from without."
Metaphor in Context
129. Vision, Apparition.
A vision, passes, inwardly, in the mind; and, is supposed to be, only, an action of the imagination. An apparition, strikes the senses, outwardly, and, is supposed to be, an object from without.
Joseph was warned by a vision, to fly into Egypt, with his family. Mary Magdelen was informed of the resurrection of our Saviour, by an apparition.
Feverish persons, often, think they see visions. Timid and credulous people, sometimes, take trees or posts, for apparitions; and, frequently, objects of their own imagination.
(I, p. 143)
A vision, passes, inwardly, in the mind; and, is supposed to be, only, an action of the imagination. An apparition, strikes the senses, outwardly, and, is supposed to be, an object from without.
Joseph was warned by a vision, to fly into Egypt, with his family. Mary Magdelen was informed of the resurrection of our Saviour, by an apparition.
Feverish persons, often, think they see visions. Timid and credulous people, sometimes, take trees or posts, for apparitions; and, frequently, objects of their own imagination.
(I, p. 143)
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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
