Date: 1670
"Having to his great Wit added the ballast of Learning"
preview | full record— Walton, Izaak (1593-1683)
Date: September 11, 1698
"For all the World acknowledges, that Hope and Fear are the two great Handles, by which the Will of Man is to be taken Hold of, when we would either draw it to Duty, or draw it off from Sin."
preview | full record— South, Robert (1634-1716)
Date: From Thursd. Dec. 15. to Saturd. Dec. 17. 1709
"For this Reason I frequently look in at the Playhouse, in order to enlarge my Thoughts, and warm my Mind with some new Idea's, that may be serviceable to me in my Lucubrations."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 1711
"The Reflections of such Men are so delicate upon all Occurrences which they are concern'd in, that they should be expos'd to more than ordinary Infamy and Punishment, for offending against such quick Admonitions as their own Souls give them, and blunting the fine Edge of their Minds in such a Ma...
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 1711
"The Reflections of such Men are so delicate upon all Occurrences which they are concern'd in, that they should be expos'd to more than ordinary Infamy and Punishment, for offending against such quick Admonitions as their own Souls give them, and blunting the fine Edge of their Minds in such a Ma...
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Monday, July 23, 1711
"Our common Prints would be of great Use were they thus calculated to diffuse good Sense through the Bulk of a People, to clear up their Understandings, animate their Minds with Virtue, dissipate the Sorrows of a heavy Heart, or unbend the Mind from its more severe Employments with innocent Amuse...
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Saturday, May 5, 1711
"Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion, not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blow up in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Tuesday, June 5, 1711
"By this means, when the Heavens are filled with Clouds, when the Earth swims in Rain, and all Nature wears a lowering Countenance, I withdraw myself from these uncomfortable Scenes into the visionary Worlds of Art; where I meet with shining Landskips, gilded Triumphs, beautiful Faces, and all th...
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Saturday, July 7, 1711
"The Soul considered with its Creator, is like one of those Mathematical Lines that may draw nearer to another for all Eternity without a Possibility of touching it."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Friday, July 27, 1711
"They should each of them therefore keep a Watch upon the particular Biass which Nature has fixed in their Mind, that it may not draw too much, and lead them out of the Paths of Reason."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)