"Old Men view best at a distance with the Eyes of their Understanding as well as with those of Nature."
— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Benjamin Motte
Date
1727
Metaphor
"Old Men view best at a distance with the Eyes of their Understanding as well as with those of Nature."
Metaphor in Context
Old Men view best at a distance with the Eyes of their Understanding as well as with those of Nature.
(p. 400)
(p. 400)
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Citation
Thoughts on Various Subjects, in Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. The First Volume. (London: Printed for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleet-Street, M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]). <Link to ESTC>
Confirmed also in Miscellanies. The First Volume (London: printed for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet, and sold by Weaver Bickerton, at the Lord Bacon's Head without Temple Bar, and Lawton Gilliver, at Homer's Head over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, [1730] [1731]).
Confirmed also in Miscellanies. The First Volume (London: printed for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet, and sold by Weaver Bickerton, at the Lord Bacon's Head without Temple Bar, and Lawton Gilliver, at Homer's Head over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, [1730] [1731]).
Date of Entry
09/11/2023
