"How shall the Wheel of the Imagination that's continually in motion, be either stop'd or regulated?"
— Forbes of Pitsligo, Alexander Forbes, Lord (1678-1762)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman
Date
1734
Metaphor
"How shall the Wheel of the Imagination that's continually in motion, be either stop'd or regulated?"
Metaphor in Context
AEMILIUS
But 'tis much easier to know how to hear others, than what to say our selves. The Government of the Thoughts is previous to the Government of the Tongue. How shall the Wheel of the Imagination that's continually in motion, be either stop'd or regulated? But since the Tongue must talk of what is rumbling in the Head, it were to be wish'd, that every one should empty his Head of the high Opinion of himself, and the Contempt of others. I think Cardinal de Retz says,
"A Man ought to be much upon his guard against the Pleasure he is apt to take in Raillery; for upon many Occasions it cost the Prince of Conde dear."
It seems, Contempt and Derision are very ill to digest: when 'tis to one's face, 'tis hard to shun a Quarrel; and when it is behind the back, it usually comes round again, to the disturbance of both Parties: so that Jesting is often inconvenient, according to our Translation.
(pp. 190)
But 'tis much easier to know how to hear others, than what to say our selves. The Government of the Thoughts is previous to the Government of the Tongue. How shall the Wheel of the Imagination that's continually in motion, be either stop'd or regulated? But since the Tongue must talk of what is rumbling in the Head, it were to be wish'd, that every one should empty his Head of the high Opinion of himself, and the Contempt of others. I think Cardinal de Retz says,
"A Man ought to be much upon his guard against the Pleasure he is apt to take in Raillery; for upon many Occasions it cost the Prince of Conde dear."
It seems, Contempt and Derision are very ill to digest: when 'tis to one's face, 'tis hard to shun a Quarrel; and when it is behind the back, it usually comes round again, to the disturbance of both Parties: so that Jesting is often inconvenient, according to our Translation.
(pp. 190)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Three entries in ESTC (1734, 1762, 1763).
See Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects: Viz. A View of the Human Faculties. (London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects: Viz. A View of the Human Faculties. (London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
