Date: 1755
"They George's Image in his Coin approve, / Thy pictur'd Mind I in thy Letters love."
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Date: 1790
"Yet what infuses his mind unstain'd and pure? / Nurtur'd in venal, sycophantic schools-- / Eras'd each sterling virtue of the soul-- / Debas'd--new coin'd in flattery's servile mint, / He may become a pander to a prince."
preview | full record— Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)