-
Literary Period
-
Early Modern
-
Long Eighteenth Century
-
Restoration (1)
-
-
Metaphor Category
-
Body
-
Eating and Drinking
-
- Genre
- Gender of Author
-
Nationality of Author
-
English
-
- Politics of Author
-
Religion of Author
-
Anglican
-
Your search for
Metaphor Category:
"Body"
,
"Eating and Drinking"
AND
Religion of Author:
"Anglican"
AND
Nationality of Author:
"English"
AND
Literary Period:
"Early Modern"
,
"Long Eighteenth Century"
returned 2 results(s) in 0.002 seconds
,
"Eating and Drinking"
AND
Religion of Author:
"Anglican"
AND
Nationality of Author:
"English"
AND
Literary Period:
"Early Modern"
,
"Long Eighteenth Century"
returned 2 results(s) in 0.002 seconds
Date: 1691
"I say I've but one little tiney favour to beg, and then--and that is--that he'd maturely Weigh, Swallow, Chew the Cud, and soundly digest this following first Book, before he throw it out agen, for should he make too much hast, and too greedily read it over, as 'tis to be fear'd the pleasantness...
preview | full record— Dunton, John (1659–1732)
Date: 1774
"Many people lose a great deal of time by reading: for they read frivolous and idle books, such as the absurd romances of the two last centuries; where characters, that never existed, are insipidly displayed, and sentiments that were never felt, pompously described: the Oriental ravings and extra...
preview | full record— Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
