- Literary Period
-
Metaphor Category
-
Light
-
-
Genre
-
Prose
-
- Gender of Author
Your search for
Genre:
"Prose"
AND
Metaphor Category:
"Light"
AND
Work title:
"Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson "
returned 1 results(s) in 0.001 seconds
AND
Metaphor Category:
"Light"
AND
Work title:
"Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson "
returned 1 results(s) in 0.001 seconds
Date: 1786
"Remember (continued he) that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad: the mind stagnates for want of employment, grows morbid, and is extinguished like a candle in foul air."
preview | full record— Piozzi, [née Salusbury; other married name Thrale] Hester Lynch (1741-1821)
