"The minde is as a white paper, wherein as a man groweth in age and judgement, he writeth his cogitations and thoughts, which the studie of letters and learning do affoord him."
— La Primaudaye, Pierre de (b. ca. 1545); Thomas Bowes (fl. 1586)
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Place of Publication
London
Date
1586, 1589
Metaphor
"The minde is as a white paper, wherein as a man groweth in age and judgement, he writeth his cogitations and thoughts, which the studie of letters and learning do affoord him."
Metaphor in Context
The minde is as a white paper, wherein as a man groweth in age and judgement, he writeth his cogitations and thoughts, which the studie of letters and learning do affoord him.
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Provenance
Reading Frederick Kiefer's Writing on the Renaissance Stage: Written Words, Printed Pages, Metaphoric Books. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1996. p. 120.
Citation
Quoting from second edition. See The French Academie Wherin Is Discoursed the Institution of Maners, and Whatsoeuer Els Concerneth the Good and Happie Life of All Estates and Callings, by Preceptes of Doctrine, and Examples of the Liues of Ancient Sages and Famous Men: By Peter De La Primaudaye Esquire, Lord of the Said Place, and of Barree, One of the Ordinarie Gentlemen of the Kings Chamber: Dedicated to the Most Christian King Henrie the Third, and Newly Translated Into English by T.B. (Imprinted at London: By Edmund Bollifant for G. Bishop and Ralph Newbery, 1586). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
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Date of Entry
10/03/2006
