"The Two Principal Qualifications of a Phanatick Preacher are, his Inward Light, and his Head full of Maggots."

— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Nutt
Date
1710
Metaphor
"The Two Principal Qualifications of a Phanatick Preacher are, his Inward Light, and his Head full of Maggots."
Metaphor in Context
*The Two Principal Qualifications of a Phanatick Preacher are, his Inward Light, and his Head full of Maggots; and the Two different Fates of his Writings are, to be burnt, or Worm eaten.
(p. 42n in 1710 edition, see p. 29 in OUP ed.)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Over 29 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1710, 1711, 1724, 1726, 1727, 1733, 1734, 1739, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1747, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1756, 1760, 1762, 1766, 1768, 1769, 1771, 1772, 1776, 1781, 1784, 1798).

Text from A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. to Which Is Added, an Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library. the Fifth Edition: With the Author's Apology and Explanatory Notes. By W. W--tt--n, B.D. and Others. (London: Printed for John Nutt, 1710). <Link to ECCO>

Reading Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub and Other Works, eds. Angus Ross and David Woolley. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986).
Date of Entry
09/11/2013

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.