In this vivid analogy describing conversation and writing Gardiner employs metaphor to reveal how words propel our thoughts in each activity, thus revealing the difference between them.
Alberico Collina
“Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.” Marguerite Gardiner (Lady Blessington), in Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)
Alberico Collina
“Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.” Marguerite Gardiner (Lady Blessington), in Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839)
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