"There is a contagion in minds and manners, as well as in bodies, when corrupt."
— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1775
Metaphor
"There is a contagion in minds and manners, as well as in bodies, when corrupt."
Metaphor in Context
Some moral writer says,
That if men of sense, taste, or virtue, have not an opportunity of conversing with their equals, they had much better live alone.
They will certainly be able to preserve these rare qualities much better in solitude, than in unequal society--There is a contagion in minds and manners, as well as in bodies, when corrupt.
(p. 449)
That if men of sense, taste, or virtue, have not an opportunity of conversing with their equals, they had much better live alone.
They will certainly be able to preserve these rare qualities much better in solitude, than in unequal society--There is a contagion in minds and manners, as well as in bodies, when corrupt.
(p. 449)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1775, 1777).
Text from The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated: By Mrs. Griffith. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Text from The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated: By Mrs. Griffith. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
11/15/2013
