"Do not marry a fool; he is the most intractable of all animals; he is led by his passions and caprices, and is incapable of hearing the voice of reason."
— Gregory, John (1724-1773)
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London and Edinburgh
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Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, and J. Balfour, and W. Creech
Date
1774
Metaphor
"Do not marry a fool; he is the most intractable of all animals; he is led by his passions and caprices, and is incapable of hearing the voice of reason."
Metaphor in Context
Do not marry a fool; he is the most intractable of all animals; he is led by his passions and caprices, and is incapable of hearing the voice of reason. It may probably too hurt your vanity to have husbands for whom you have reason to blush and tremble every time they open their lips in company. But the worst circumstance that attends a fool, is his constant jealousy of his wife being thought to govern him. This renders it impossible to lead him, and he is continually doing absurd and disagreeable things, for no other reason but to shew he dares do them.
(pp. 123-124)
(pp. 123-124)
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At least entries in the ESTC (1774, 1775, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1781, 1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800).
Text from A Father's Legacy to His Daughters. By the Late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh. A New Edition. (London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh, 1774). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Text from A Father's Legacy to His Daughters. By the Late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh. A New Edition. (London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh, 1774). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
09/10/2014
