Note 1189 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
Reading edition
The metaphor is taken from the casting of metal. The "mind's disease," says Pope, is in the original casting, and is not a defect which arises subsequently.
Reading edition
The metaphor is taken from the casting of metal. The "mind's disease," says Pope, is in the original casting, and is not a defect which arises subsequently.