"Sloth, Indolence and idleness will no more bless the Mind with intellectual Riches, than it will fill the Hand with Gain, the Field with Corn, or the Purse with Treasure."
— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for James Brackstone
Date
1741
Metaphor
"Sloth, Indolence and idleness will no more bless the Mind with intellectual Riches, than it will fill the Hand with Gain, the Field with Corn, or the Purse with Treasure."
Metaphor in Context
IT is needful therefore if we would maintain a long Remembrance of the Things which we read or hear that we should engage our Delight and Pleasure in those Subjects, and use the other Methods which are before prescribed in order to fix the Attention. Sloth, Indolence and idleness will no more bless the Mind with intellectual Riches, than it will fill the Hand with Gain, the Field with Corn, or the Purse with Treasure.
(p. 260)
(p. 260)
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Searching and Reading in Google Books
Citation
32 entries in ESTC (1741, 1743, 1753, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1773, 1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1800).
Most text drawn from Google Books. See The Improvement of the Mind: or, a Supplement to the Art of Logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. By I. Watts, D.D. (London: Printed for James Brackstone, at the Globe in Cornhill, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to 2nd edition in Google Books>
Most text drawn from Google Books. See The Improvement of the Mind: or, a Supplement to the Art of Logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. By I. Watts, D.D. (London: Printed for James Brackstone, at the Globe in Cornhill, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to 2nd edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
02/05/2014
