text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"GUZM.
hems thrice.
Beauty in Pink,
How canst thou think
That Guzman's Heart is small,
When thou dost see
He dares love thee
And tell it in a Madrigal.
ANTO.
By this Light a Poet, Sister.
PASTR.
He a Poet, alas, good Man! this is only what he has been taught by Rote.
GUZM.
Hold thy Peace, Envy: I say this is a Spanker Madrigal, and newly minted in my Brain.
PASTR.
And, I say, Sir Poet Fop, If you can make an Extempore Sonnet, chuse which of us you like the best, and she shall be your Mistress.",2009-09-14 19:34:42 UTC,"""I say this is a Spanker Madrigal, and newly minted in my Brain.""",2005-04-14 00:00:00 UTC,Act I,"",2007-04-26,Coinage,"","Searching ""mint"" and ""brain"" in HDIS (Drama)",10093,3904
"But how then does he Answer the Objection, which he puts against himself, of the many False Religions in the world? It was not the True Light which guided men into them. And if they have no other Light, how came they by them? He says, it was because they did not follow the True Light. But why did they not follow it? How could they help following of it, if they had nothing else to follow? What was it that Resisted It? Or, what could Resist It, if we have no Natural Light or Understanding to Refuse its Dictates? But suppose our No Light or Understanding could shut its eyes, and not follow this light; then it might lose the True Religion: But could no understanding invent another Religion? For that is something Positive; and something must Guide and Direct Men to it. The Absence of Light is Darkness, not a False-light. But an Ignis Fatuus, or Will i'th Wisp, is a Light that leads Men wrong. Men that are in Error follow a Light, but it is Falselight, and they think themselves to be in the Right. Our Understandings have a Natural, which is a Fallible-light; and therefore often leads us wrong. What else is the meaning of Prov. 3. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own Understanding. It is true, that Understanding and the Natural light of it, was given us by God: And he made it Right and True; but Fallible, else it could never be mistaken. God has placed a Natural light, as a Candle in our Hearts; and His Supernatural light does Influence and Direct it, [Page 262 (135)] when we seek to Him for it, and serve Him according as He has commanded: Solomon says, Prov. xx. 27. The Spirit of man is the Candle of the Lord, searching all the Inward Parts. You will not call the Spirit of Man the Eternal Light, which is GOD. This was the Mistake which drove George Fox to make our Soul aPart of God. without Beginning, and Infinite in it self, &c. as shewn in The Snake, Sect. ii. and to make us even Equal with God, as shewn, Sect. iii. And Mr. Penn, p. 15. of this Book, ( Primit. Christian. ) allows no Natural light to the Understanding, For (says he) Man can no more be a Light to his Mind than he is to his Body: And thence infers, that as the Eye has no Light in it self, so neither the Understanding: He makes our Nature and Minds wholly Dark of themselves, only succeptible of Super-natural light, when sent into our Understanding: And that all the Light we have is thus Supernatural; and only called Natural, because, as he says, It is natural to Man to have a Supernatural-light. I will not take advantage of the Philosophy of this; for, I suppose his meaning to be, that it is Natural to the Understanding to Receive a Light that is infused into it, as for the Eye to see by an Extraneous light; that is, it is an Organ fitted to Receive Light, tho' it has none in it self; as the Understanding to Apprehend, tho' it has no Reason or Light in it self Thus he expresses it, p. 50. All men have Reason, (says he) but all Men are not Reasonable; which must be taken with the same grains of Allowance. For every Man is a Reasonable Creature, that is, the Definition of a Man. But according to His Hypothesis, tho' all men have Reason, yet not Natural. but supernaturally put into their Understanding: And so, tho they have Reason, yet are they not Reasonable, because that Reason is none of their own, only as Gifted, that is, Accidental, but not Natural to them; and so they can no more be called Rational, than a Bag can be called Rich, that has Money in it. For he says, p. 15. That God, is the Light of our Nature, of our minds, and understandings. If it were meant as an Assistant, Guide or Director, to the Light of our Understanding, there were no differance betwixt us: But quite to put out the Natural light of our understandings, and make it but only Passive, that is, succeptible of another light, that is the point on which I would Reason now with Mr. Penn. It is said 1 Cor. 1. 21. That the world by Wisdom knew not God. What Wisdom was this? it could not be a Divine light; and if Man have no Natural light; it must be the Quaker third sort of light, that is, No light at all. But if by Wisdom here, you mean Mens Natural light or Reason, the Text is Plain and Easy.
It is Written, 1 John. 3. 20. If our Heart Condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Now, by Heart, here must be meant the Natural light; because, if it means the Light which is God, God is not Greater than Himself. And it is supposed here that the Heart does not Know all Things: Therefore this must be meant of our Natural Conscience, and not of God. And now here is a Natural light, which does Reprove of Evil, which Mr. Penn supposes cannot be shewn, p. 30. Our Saviour says, Luk. xii. 57. Yea, and why even of your selves judge not what is Right? But why of your selves, if we have no Light at all of our selves whereby to Judge?
(p.261-4)
",2009-09-14 19:34:54 UTC,"""And so, tho they have Reason, yet are they not Reasonable, because that Reason is none of their own, only as Gifted, that is, Accidental, but not Natural to them; and so they can no more be called Rational, than a Bag can be called Rich, that has Money in it.""",2006-09-11 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","•REVISIT. Read the William Penn. Anglican Leslie desires ""to Expostulate a little"" with William Penn ""upon one Part of his Exposition of The Light within, [...] where [...] he will not grant that we have any Natural Light at all, or any other than that Divine Light of the Word, which is God; which he says, some, mistakenly, call Natural Light"" (p. 260)
•I've included twice: Bag and Money",Ad Fontes: Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts,10336,3953
"XIII.
A baited Banker thus desponds,
From his own Hand foresees his Fall,
They have his Soul, who have his Bonds;
'Tis like the Writing on the Wall.
XIV.
How will the Caitif Wretch be scar'd,
When first he finds himself awake
At the last Trumpet, unprepar'd,
And all his Grand Account to make?
XV.
For in that universal Call,
Few Bankers will to Heav'n be Mounters;
They'll cry, Ye Shops, upon us fall,
Conceal and cover us, Ye counters.
XVI.
When Other hands the Scales shall hold,
And they, in Men and Angels Sight
Produc'd with all their Bills and Gold,
Weigh'd in the Ballance, and found light.""
(p. 113-4)",2014-04-16 17:49:04 UTC,"A banker's soul may be ""Weigh'd in the Ballance, and found Light.""",2005-06-21 00:00:00 UTC,"","",2007-04-26,Coinage,"REVISED AER. And then text redone by BMP.
see also Poems vol. I, p. 241, l. 71.",Searching poems at the Swift Society; found again in ECCO.,11937,4538
"What should we fear? This glorious Prospect brings
No dreadful Phantom to the frighted Eye,
No Terror to the Soul; 'tis Transport all!
Here Fancy roves, in sweet Variety
For ever lost; her native Bliss. For her,
The blue ethereal Arch expands; her Table
Spread out with all the Dainties of the Sky,
Imagination's rich Regale. For her
The Clouds absorb the Ev'ning Ray; and drink
The liquid Gold, which stains their fleecy Sides
With all the Tincts of Heav'n, transmitted through
A thousand diff'rent Strainers to the Eye,
And thence upon the ravish'd Soul diffus'd.
The blushing Beauties of the infant Morn,
Aurora's Saffron Beam; the splendid Bow,
Whose copious Arch was bent by Hands divine,
An Emblem form'd of half Eternity,
By Angels robe'd in all the Aggregate,
Th' unblended Aggregate, of various Day,
Of Heav'n's own Day; and from its Sun-beams drawn,
In all its Tinges dipt, its Glories dress'd.
For her, the smiling Earth puts on her Mantle;
Her Mantle green, with purple mix'd, with Gold,
With all the Liv'ries of the youthful Spring,
To wake new Raptures in the Heart of Man;
And fill his Soul with Gratitude immense.
All these are Reason's Treasures, Stores of Thought;
Reflection's unexhausted Funds, replete
With Matter for her own delightful Task.
Here Wisdom works at large; here smiling builds,
For sweet Content, a homely Shed; where Joy,
Where Gladness, visit oft her temp'rate Guests,
And make their willing Stay: here, undisturb'd,
They reign, they revel, take their Fill of all
That Nature (ever bounteous Mother) yields,
For Use or Pleasure: but Excess avoid;
That Fiend accurs'd, whose bloated Visage wan,
And troubled Eye, betray her inward Pang,
Which shakes severe her paralytic Nerve,
Her tott'ring Frame; e'er Death, by Nature taught,
And Time, in Season due, with gentle Hand
Can cut the wasted Thread: Excess usurps
With Force th' abortive Task, and vindicates
Her Prey--Come all, ye Family of Joy;
Ye Children of the chearful Hour, begot
By Wisdom on the virtuous Mind; O, come!
Come Innocence, in conscious Strength secure;
Come Courage, foremost in the manly Train;
Come all; and in the honest Heart abide,
Your native Residence, your Fortress still,
From real or from fancy'd Evils free:
O, come; indignant, drive out, far beyond
The utmost Precincts of the human Breast,
Beyond the Springs of Hope, the Cells of Joy,
And ev'ry Mansion where a Virtue lives;
O drive far off, for ever drive that Bane,
That hideous Pest, engender'd deep in Hell,
Where Stygian Glooms condens'd dimension'd Darkness,
Contains, within its dire Embrace, that Monster
Horrid to Sight, and by the frighted Furies
In their dread Pannic Superstition nam'd!",2013-06-11 18:27:47 UTC,"""All these are Reason's Treasures, Stores of Thought; / Reflection's unexhausted Funds, replete / With Matter for her own delightful Task.""",2005-08-29 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,Coinage,•Cross-reference: A response to Night Thoughts!,Searching in HDIS (Poetry),13300,4939
"Having, a priori, intended to dedicate The Amours of my uncle Toby to Mr. ***--I see more reasons, a posteriori, for doing it to Lord *******.
I should lament from my soul, if this exposed me to the jealousy of their Reverences; because, a posteriori, in Court-latin, signifies, the kissing hands for preferment--or any thing else--in order to get it.
My opinion of Lord ******* is neither better nor worse, than it was of Mr. ***. Honours, like impressions upon coin, may give an ideal and local value to a bit of base metal; but Gold and Silver will pass all the world over without any other recommendation than their own weight.
The same good will that made me think of offering up half an hour's amusement to Mr. *** when out of place--operates more forcibly at present, as half an hour's amusement will be more serviceable and refreshing after labour and sorrow, than after a philosophical repast.
(IX, p. 421)",2011-05-20 14:00:18 UTC,"""Honours, like impressions upon coin, may give an ideal and local value to a bit of base metal; but Gold and Silver will pass all the world over without any other recommendation than their own weight.""",2009-09-14 19:39:07 UTC,"Vol. IX, A Dedication to a Great Man","",2005-04-14,Coinage,•USE IN ENTRY.,"Searching ""coin"" and ""idea"" in HDIS (Prose); found again ""gold""; and again ""silver""",13740,5088
"'Welcome then,' cried I, 'my child, and thou her gallant deliverer, a thousand welcomes. Though our chear is but wretched, yet our hearts are ready to receive you. And now, Mr Burchell, as you have delivered my girl, if you think her a recompence she is yours, if you can stoop to an alliance with a family so poor as mine, take her, obtain her consent, as I know you have her heart, and you have mine. And let me tell you, Sir, that I give you no small treasure, she has been celebrated for beauty it is true, but that is not my meaning, I give you up a treasure in her mind.'
(XXX, p. 179)",2013-06-11 18:28:45 UTC,"""And let me tell you, Sir, that I give you no small treasure, she has been celebrated for beauty it is true, but that is not my meaning, I give you up a treasure in her mind.""",2009-09-14 19:40:04 UTC,Chapter 30,"",2006-09-12,Coinage,Burchell has saved Sophy. Primrose offers Burchell her hand in marriage.,Reading,14130,5244
"This, no licentious Rhapsody of Words,
Nor Fancy's Coinage, which my Verse affords;
From Observation's nice, impartial Laws,
Fair Nature dictates what my Pencil draws--
O Gratitude! thou loveliest, and the best,
Of all the Virtues which adorn the Breast;
For where thou dwell'st, there center all the Rest;
Thou favourite Child of Heaven! who canst dispense
Delights above the vulgar Joys of Sense,
Home-felt Delights, which Knavery, and Art,
Can ne'er enjoy, nor ever can impart,
Thy sacred Laurels plant around her Head;
Strike Envy dumb; and crush foul Slander dead.
Lo! crowding Wretches, Wretches, now, no more,
Age, Sickness, Poverty, reliev'd by her,
Men, Women, Children, launch her Praises forth,
Pour down glad Blessings, and attest her Worth:
To this, the glowing Muse her Voice confines;
To this, she dedicates these heart-felt Lines.",2009-09-14 19:40:56 UTC,"""This, no licentious Rhapsody of Words, / Nor Fancy's Coinage, which my Verse affords;""",2005-04-14 00:00:00 UTC,"","",2007-04-26,Coinage,•BIO: Moore and R. B. Sheridan attended Whyte's school. ,"Searching ""coin"" and ""fancy"" in HDIS (Poetry)",14454,5375
"Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint,
While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was in't;
The pupil of impulse, it forced him along,
His conduct still right, with his argument wrong;
Still aiming at honour, yet fearing to roam,
The coachman was tipsy, the chariot drove home;
Would you ask for his merits? alas! he had none,
What was good was spontaneous, his faults were his own.
(pp. 8-9. ll. 43-50, p. 750 in Lonsdale)",2012-04-11 18:48:21 UTC,"""Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, / While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was in't.""",2003-11-27 00:00:00 UTC,"","",2012-04-11,Coinage,"•Checked against ECCO, changed punctuation to match.
•USED IN ENTRY
•Cross-reference: Fielding' s Amelia: ""your Mind is a Treasury of all ancient and modern Learning.""","Found again searching ""mint"" and heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",14558,5443
"Chap:4
This chapter is made up of the same with the former. he will allow no idea innate but such as a man brings coined in his mind like a shilling. So that an innate idea is an actuall thought with him which no body, that I know of, ever said. all that any one means by an innate idea is a thought that the natural frame of the mind and circumstances in which God and nature has placed us. will bring into our minds, if we do not do violence to our minds to keep it out. I woud fain se one good argument to prove that there are no such thoughts in our minds. and what he will make of thinking without supposing some such?
(p. 535)",2013-06-10 19:58:44 UTC,"""[Locke] will allow no idea innate but such as a man brings coined in his mind like a shilling.""",2009-02-21 00:00:00 UTC,"","",2012-04-17,Coinage,2009-08-06,"Reading John O'Brien's ""John Locke, Desire, and the Epistemology of Money."" British Journal for the History of Philosophy 15:4 (2007): 685-708. p. 697.
",17250,6483
"OROONOKO.
Take, take me all: enquire into my heart,
(You know the way to every secret there)
My Heart, the sacred treasury of Love:
And if, in absence, I have mis-employ'd
A Mite from the rich store: if I have spent
A Wish, a Sigh, but what I sent to you:
May I be curst to wish, and sigh in vain,
And you not pity me.
(p. 33)",2013-07-09 14:35:41 UTC,"""Take, take me all: enquire into my heart, / (You know the way to every secret there) / My Heart, the sacred treasury of Love: / And if, in absence, I have mis-employ'd / A Mite from the rich store: if I have spent / A Wish, a Sigh, but what I sent to you: / May I be curst to wish, and sigh in vain, / And you not pity me.""",2013-07-09 14:35:41 UTC,"","",,Coinage,"",C-H Lion,21567,7519