Date: 1755
"Love ne'er shou'd die: / 'Tis the Soul's Cordial."
preview | full record— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Date: 1774
"Many people lose a great deal of time by reading: for they read frivolous and idle books, such as the absurd romances of the two last centuries; where characters, that never existed, are insipidly displayed, and sentiments that were never felt, pompously described: the Oriental ravings and extra...
preview | full record— Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Date: 1790
"A contented mind is a continual feast."
preview | full record— Trusler, John (1735-1820)