Date: 1651, 1668
"Sometimes a man knows a place determinate, within the compass whereof he is to seek; and then his thoughts run over all the parts thereof, in the same manner as one would sweep a room, to find a jewel; or as a spaniel ranges the field, till he find a scent; or as a man should run over the alphab...
preview | full record— Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)
Date: 1705, 1714, 1732
"Malice and most severe Strokes of Fortune can do no more Injury to a Mind thus stript of all Fears, Wishes and Inclinations, than a blind Horse can do in an empty Barn"
preview | full record— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)