work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
3203,"",HDIS (Poetry),2004-02-15 00:00:00 UTC,"All this says Richard is but Nonsense
For what's the Will without the Conscience
That mighty Pow'r by whom the thought
Is from Kings Bench to Chanc'ry brought.
What Seat for Her have You assign'd
When She may view and sway the mind?.
(II, pp. 969-70)",2012-01-06,8428,"• reviewed 2009-05-20
• I've included more than twice: Court and Government.
• Couldn't, at first, find the citation. C-H identifies as poems from Longleat Mss. Printed in the notes in the second volume of Prior's Works. There associated with Canto III. Note, there was a duplicated entry: I deleted it (1/6/2012).
","""All this says Richard is but Nonsense / For whats the Will without the Conscience / That mighty Pow'r by whom the thought / Is from Kings Bench to Chanc'ry brought. / What Seat for Her have You assign'd / When She may view and sway the mind?""",Court,2012-01-06 16:32:02 UTC,""
4247,"",Reading,2006-11-28 00:00:00 UTC,"From these perhaps (e'er nature bade her die)
Fate snatch'd her early to the pitying sky.
As into air the purer spirits flow,
And sep'rate from their kindred dregs below;
So flew the soul to its congenial place,
Nor left one virtue to redeem her Race.",,11059,"•I've included twice: Dregs and Spirits
•Butt notes in his edition: ""The image is from chemistry.""","""As into air the purer spirits flow, / And sep'rate from their kindred dregs below; / So flew the soul to its congenial place""","",2009-09-14 19:35:32 UTC,""
4253,"",HDIS,2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC,"Here Matthew said:
Alma in Verse; in Prose, the Mind,
By Aristotle's Pen defin'd,
Throughout the Body squat or tall,
Is, bonâ fide, All in All.
And yet, slap dash, is All again
In every Sinew, Nerve, and Vein.
Runs here and there, like Hamlet's Ghost;
While every where She rules the roast.
(p. 471, ll. 13-21)",2009-01-23,11061,"•Matthew sets up the Aristotelian position with which his own ""system"" contrasts.","""And yet, slap dash, is All again / In every Sinew, Nerve, and Vein. / [the mind] Runs here and there, like Hamlet's Ghost; / While every where She rules the roast.""",Animals,2013-07-22 14:02:37 UTC,""
4253,"",HDIS,2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC," Without these Aids, to be more serious,
Her Pow'r, They hold, had been precarious:
The Eyes might have conspir'd her Ruin;
And She not known, what They were doing.
Foolish it had been, and unkind,
That They shou'd see, and She be blind.
(p. 471, ll. 42-7)
",2009-01-23,11065,"•Matthew sets up the Cantabrigian position with which his own ""system"" and the Aristotelian position contrast.","Were it not for the Optic Nerves, the eyes might conspire the ruin of the mind: ""That They shou'd see and She be blind.""","",2013-07-22 14:07:23 UTC,""
4253,"",HDIS,2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC,"Wise Nature likewise, They suppose,
Has drawn two Conduits down our Nose:
Cou'd Alma else with Judgment tell,
When Cabbage stinks, or Roses smell?
Or who wou'd ask for her Opinion
Between an Oyster, and an Onion?
For from most Bodies, Dick, You know,
Some little Bits ask Leave to flow;
And, as thro' these Canals They roll,
Bring up a Sample of the Whole.
Like Footmen running before Coaches,
To tell the Inn, what Lord approaches.
(p. 471, ll. 48-59)",2009-01-23,11066,"•Matthew sets up the Cantabrigian position with which his own ""system"" and the Aristotelian position contrast.
•The stanzas that follow continue to elaborate the personification: nerves and taste, drums in the ear, nerves and touch. Only this second and third figures have I included in the database. See the next entries.","""For from most Bodies, Dick, You know,/ Some little Bits ask Leave to flow; / And, as thro' these Canals They roll, / Bring up a Sample of the Whole. / Like Footmen running before Coaches, / To tell the Inn, what Lord approaches.""",Inhabitants,2013-07-22 14:10:08 UTC,""
4253,"",Searching in HDIS (Poetry),2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC," Hence too, that She might better hear,
She sets a Drum at either Ear;
And Loud or Gentle, Harsh or Sweet,
Are but th' Alarums which They beat.
(p. 472, ll. 66-9)",2009-01-23,11068,"•Matthew sets up the Cantabrigian position with which his own ""system"" and the Aristotelian position contrast.
•The stanzas that follow continue to elaborate the personification: nerves and taste, drums in the ear, nerves and touch. Only this second and third figures have I included in the database. See the next entries.","The mind ""sets a Drum at either Ear; / And Loud or Gentle, Harsh or Sweet, / Are but th' Alarums which They beat.""","",2013-07-22 14:11:24 UTC,""
4253,"",HDIS,2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC,"Last, to enjoy her Sense of Feeling
(A thing She much delights to deal in)
A thousand little Nerves She sends
Quite to our Toes, and Fingers Ends;
And These in Gratitude again
Return their Spirits to the Brain;
In which their Figure being printed
(As just before, I think, I hinted)
Alma inform'd can try the Case,
As She had been upon the Place.
Thus, while the Judge gives diff'rent Journeys
To Country Counsel, and Attornies;
He on the Bench in quiet sits,
Deciding, as They bring the Writs.
The Pope thus prays and sleeps at Rome,
And very seldom stirs from Home:
Yet sending forth his Holy Spies,
And having heard what They advise,
He rules the Church's blest Dominions;
And sets Men's Faith by His Opinions.
(p. 472-3, ll. 70-89)",2009-01-23,11069,"•Matthew sets up the Cantabrigian position with which his own ""system"" and the Aristotelian position contrast.
•The stanzas that follow continue to elaborate the personification: nerves and taste, drums in the ear, nerves and touch. Only this second and third figures have I included in the database. See the next entries.
•I've included twice: Printing and Judge
•INTEREST. USE IN ENTRY.","""A thousand little Nerves She sends / Quite to our Toes, and Fingers Ends; / And These in Gratitude again / Return their Spirits to the Brain; / In which their Figure being printed / (As just before, I think, I hinted) / Alma inform'd can try the Case, / As She had seen upon the Place. // Thus, while the Judge gives diff'rent Journeys / To Country Counsel, and Attornies; / He on the Bench in quiet sits, / Deciding, as They bring the Writs."" ",Court and Inhabitants and Writing,2013-07-22 14:25:14 UTC,""
4253,"",HDIS,2004-02-27 00:00:00 UTC,"Last, to enjoy her Sense of Feeling
(A thing She much delights to deal in)
A thousand little Nerves She sends
Quite to our Toes, and Fingers Ends;
And These in Gratitude again
Return their Spirits to the Brain;
In which their Figure being printed
(As just before, I think, I hinted)
Alma inform'd can try the Case,
As She had been upon the Place.
Thus, while the Judge gives diff'rent Journeys
To Country Counsel, and Attornies;
He on the Bench in quiet sits,
Deciding, as They bring the Writs.
The Pope thus prays and sleeps at Rome,
And very seldom stirs from Home:
Yet sending forth his Holy Spies,
And having heard what They advise,
He rules the Church's blest Dominions;
And sets Men's Faith by His Opinions.
(p. 472-3, ll. 70-89)",2009-01-23,11071,"•Matthew sets up the Cantabrigian position with which his own ""system"" and the Aristotelian position contrast.
•The stanzas that follow continue to elaborate the personification: nerves and taste, drums in the ear, nerves and touch. Only this second and third figures have I included in the database. See the next entries.
• Great metaphor! INTEREST. USE IN ENTRY","The mind is like ""The Pope [who] prays and sleeps at Rome, / And very seldom stirs from Home: / Yet sending forth his Holy Spies, / And having heard what They advise, / He rules the Church's blest Dominions; / And sets Men's Faith by His Opinions.""",Inhabitants,2013-07-22 14:20:27 UTC,""
4253,"",Searching in HDIS (Poetry),2005-08-29 00:00:00 UTC,"Here, Richard, how could I explain,
The various Lab'rinths of the Brain?
Surprise My Readers, whilst I tell 'em
Of Cerebrum, and Cerebellum?
How could I play the Commentator
On Dura, and on Pia Mater?
Where Hot and Cold, and Dry and Wet,
Strive each the t'other's Place to get;
And with incessant Toil and Strife,
Would keep Possession during Life.
I could demonstrate every Pore,
Where Mem'ry lays up all her Store;
And to an Inch compute the Station,
'Twixt Judgment, and Imagination.
O Friend! I could display much Learning,
At least to Men of small Discerning.
The Brain contains ten thousand Cells:
In each some active Fancy dwells;
Which always is at Work, and framing
The several Follies I was naming.
As in a Hive's vimineous Dome,
Ten thousand Bees enjoy their Home;
Each does her studious Action vary,
To go and come, to fetch and carry:
Each still renews her little Labor;
Nor justles her assiduous Neighbour:
Each--whilst this Thesis I maintain;
I fancy, Dick, I know thy Brain.
O with the mighty Theme affected,
Could I but see thy Head dissected!",2009-01-23,11093,"•Editors point out: ""Alma"" may derive from Spenser's House of Alma (FQ, II, ix) and subtitle may have been suggested by Donne's Of the Progresse of the Soule (The Second Anniversarie). ","""Here, Richard, how could I explain, / The various Lab'rinths of the Brain?""","",2013-07-22 14:36:16 UTC,""
4253,"","Searching ""cell"" and ""fancy"" in HDIS (Poetry); found again ""brain""",2005-08-29 00:00:00 UTC,"Here, Richard, how could I explain,
The various Lab'rinths of the Brain?
Surprise My Readers, whilst I tell 'em
Of Cerebrum, and Cerebellum?
How could I play the Commentator
On Dura, and on Pia Mater?
Where Hot and Cold, and Dry and Wet,
Strive each the t'other's Place to get;
And with incessant Toil and Strife,
Would keep Possession during Life.
I could demonstrate every Pore,
Where Mem'ry lays up all her Store;
And to an Inch compute the Station,
'Twixt Judgment, and Imagination.
O Friend! I could display much Learning,
At least to Men of small Discerning.
The Brain contains ten thousand Cells:
In each some active Fancy dwells;
Which always is at Work, and framing
The several Follies I was naming.
As in a Hive's vimineous Dome,
Ten thousand Bees enjoy their Home;
Each does her studious Action vary,
To go and come, to fetch and carry:
Each still renews her little Labor;
Nor justles her assiduous Neighbour:
Each--whilst this Thesis I maintain;
I fancy, Dick, I know thy Brain.
O with the mighty Theme affected,
Could I but see thy Head dissected!",2009-01-23,11094,"•I've included twice: Cell and Dwelling
•Editors point out: ""Alma"" may derive from Spenser's House of Alma (FQ, II, ix) and subtitle may have been suggested by Donne's Of the Progresse of the Soule (The Second Anniversarie).
•Johnson uses as an illustration of the first sense of cell in the Dictionary.","""The Brain contains ten thousand Cells: / In each some active Fancy dwells; / Which always is at Work, and framing / The several Follies I was naming.""",Inhabitants and Rooms,2013-07-22 14:37:39 UTC,""