Date: 1745
"Wouldst thou receive them, other Thoughts there are, / On angel-wing, descending from above, / Which these, with art Divine, would counterwork, / And form celestial armour for thy peace."<
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1745
"His passion, like an eagle well reclaim'd, / Is taught to fly at nought but infinite."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1745
"Keep strongly in the hot rebellious Mind, / Be it with Bits restrain'd, and Curbs confin'd. / The docile Horse in prime of Years is broke / To bear the Rein, or stretch beneath the Yoke."
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)
Date: 1745
"Why should you study to conceal or excuse it, and fondly cherish that viper in your bosom?"
preview | full record— Mason, John (1706-1763)
Date: 1747
"These shall the fury Passions tear, / The vultures of the mind, / Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, / And Shame that skulks behind."
preview | full record— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
Date: 1747-8
Imaginations may be "un-reined"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"Then how my heart began again to play its pug's tricks!"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"The window was open. Away the troublesome bosom-visiter [Conscience], the intruder, is flown."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"Each mole-hill thought swells to a huge Olympus; / While we, fantastic dreamers, heave and puff, / And sweat with our imagination's weight."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)