"Precepts in Verse, to measure still confin'd, / Can make more deep Impression, in the Mind."
— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Owen
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Precepts in Verse, to measure still confin'd, / Can make more deep Impression, in the Mind."
Metaphor in Context
[...] Verses may one Advantage claim of Prose,
Tho' both excel, we best remember those;
Precepts in Verse, to measure still confin'd,
Can make more deep Impression, in the Mind;
Morals, transmitted in harmonious Lay,
Profit, with Pleasure, to the Mind, convey; [...]
(p. 79)
Tho' both excel, we best remember those;
Precepts in Verse, to measure still confin'd,
Can make more deep Impression, in the Mind;
Morals, transmitted in harmonious Lay,
Profit, with Pleasure, to the Mind, convey; [...]
(p. 79)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1759, 1760, 1775).
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
10/28/2013
