"Frightful ideas croud into the mind, and augment the fear, which is occasioned by darkness."
— Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782)
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by R. Fleming
Date
1751
Metaphor
"Frightful ideas croud into the mind, and augment the fear, which is occasioned by darkness."
Metaphor in Context
A VERY few accidents of this kind, having so powerful an effect, are sufficient to introduce an association between darkness and malignant powers. And when once this association is formed, there is no occasion for the appearance of an object to create terror. Frightful ideas croud into the mind, and augment the fear, which is occasioned by darkness. The imagination becomes ungovernable, and converts these ideas into real appearances.
(pp. 313-314)
(pp. 313-314)
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Provenance
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Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1751, 1758, 1779).
Lord Kames, Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion: in Two Parts. (Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1751). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Lord Kames, Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion: in Two Parts. (Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1751). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
09/16/2013
