"Or, the Power and Sway which the Soul exercises over them! Ten thousand Reins put into her Hands; yet she manages all, conducts all, without the least Perplexity or the least Irregularity: rather, with a Promptitude, a Consistency, and a Speed, that nothing else can equal!"
— Hervey, James (1714-1758)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John and James Rivington
Date
1755
Metaphor
"Or, the Power and Sway which the Soul exercises over them! Ten thousand Reins put into her Hands; yet she manages all, conducts all, without the least Perplexity or the least Irregularity: rather, with a Promptitude, a Consistency, and a Speed, that nothing else can equal!"
Metaphor in Context
Which shall We most admire? The Multitude of animated Organs; their finished Form, and their faultless Order?--Or, the Power and Sway which the Soul exercises over them! Ten thousand Reins put into her Hands; yet she manages all, conducts all, without the least Perplexity or the least Irregularity: rather, with a Promptitude, a Consistency, and a Speed, that nothing else can equal!
(II, p. 189)
(II, p. 189)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in British Library; cited in Wesley's Natural History (70).
Citation
At least 34 entries in ESTC (1755, 1756, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1767, 1769, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1775, 1778, 1784, 1789, 1790, 1792, 1796).
See Theron and Aspasio: or, a Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 3 vols. (London: Printed for John and James Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1755). <Link to ESTC>
See Theron and Aspasio: or, a Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 3 vols. (London: Printed for John and James Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1755). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/20/2014
