"Infatuated with a lust of power, he attempted to make all bow under him, crushed all those who opposed his will, and in order to show how unbounded was his authority, exerted his tyrannic empire over even the minds of his people, and armed a ferocious soldiery against those subjects who refused to betray their consciences."
— Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket; T. Payne; J. Almon; and Richardson & Urquhart
Date
1774
Metaphor
"Infatuated with a lust of power, he attempted to make all bow under him, crushed all those who opposed his will, and in order to show how unbounded was his authority, exerted his tyrannic empire over even the minds of his people, and armed a ferocious soldiery against those subjects who refused to betray their consciences."
Metaphor in Context
Infatuated with a lust of power, he attempted to make all bow under him, crushed all those who opposed his will, and in order to show how unbounded was his authority, exerted his tyrannic empire over even the minds of his people, and armed a ferocious soldiery against those subjects who refused to betray their consciences.
(pp. 190-1)
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Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1774).
See Chains of Slavery: A Work Wherein the Clandestine and Villainous attempts of Princes to Ruin Liberty are Pointed Out. (London: Printed for T. Becket; T. Payne; J. Almon; and Richardson & Urquhart, 1774). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Chains of Slavery: A Work Wherein the Clandestine and Villainous attempts of Princes to Ruin Liberty are Pointed Out. (London: Printed for T. Becket; T. Payne; J. Almon; and Richardson & Urquhart, 1774). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
