"This Empire which Reason holds over the Senses, does not make us renounce the Sweets of Praise"

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by and for John Watts
Date
1739
Metaphor
"This Empire which Reason holds over the Senses, does not make us renounce the Sweets of Praise"
Metaphor in Context
ARMANDA.
This Empire which Reason holds over the Senses, does not make us renounce the Sweets of Praise; and one may refuse a Man of Merit for a Husband, whom one would willingly have in the Train of our Adorers.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "empire" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).

Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, The Works of Moliere, French and English, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/16/2004

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