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Date: 1711
"Passions impatient of the Rein, disown / Reason's Dominion, and usurp her Throne."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1722
"When religious passions, namely, love, desire, hope and delight are exalted in the highest degree, and agitate the soul with the greatest vehemence, while reason presides as sovereign, holds the reins, and directs all their motions; this is so far from being a wild and extravagant temper of mind...
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)