"The Mind's Tribunal can Reports reject / Made by the Senses, and their Faults correct."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for S. Buckley and J. Tonson
Date
1712
Metaphor
"The Mind's Tribunal can Reports reject / Made by the Senses, and their Faults correct."
Metaphor in Context
The Mind's Tribunal can Reports reject
Made by the Senses, and their Faults correct.
The Magnitude of distant Stars it knows,
Which erring Sense, as twinkling Tapers, shows.
Crooked the Shape our cheated Eye believes,
Which thro' a double Medium it receives;
Superior Mind does a right Judgment make,
Declares it strait, and mends the Eye's Mistake.
(VII, ll. 295-302, pp. 328-9)
Made by the Senses, and their Faults correct.
The Magnitude of distant Stars it knows,
Which erring Sense, as twinkling Tapers, shows.
Crooked the Shape our cheated Eye believes,
Which thro' a double Medium it receives;
Superior Mind does a right Judgment make,
Declares it strait, and mends the Eye's Mistake.
(VII, ll. 295-302, pp. 328-9)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 8 entries in ESTC (1712, 1715, 1718, 1736, 1797).
Text from Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God, 2nd ed. (London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Other Online Editions: first edition (also published in 1712) is available <Link to ECCO>. See also 3rd edition (1715) <Link to Google Books>.
Text from Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God, 2nd ed. (London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Other Online Editions: first edition (also published in 1712) is available <Link to ECCO>. See also 3rd edition (1715) <Link to Google Books>.
Date of Entry
08/07/2013
