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Metaphor Category:
"Mineral"
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Politics of Author:
"From Tory to Whig"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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"Prose"
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Religion of Author:
"Anglican with Enthusiastic or Evangelical Tendencies"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Age of Sensibility"
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Date: 1759
"That a Man may be scarce less ignorant of his own powers, than an Oyster of its pearl, or a Rock of its diamond; that he may possess dormant, unsuspected abilities, till awakened by loud calls, or stung up by striking emergencies, is evident from the sudden eruption of some men, out of perfec...
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1759
"So Thoughts, when become too common, should lose their Currency; and we should send new metal to the Mint, that is, new meaning to the Press."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)