Date: 1786
The infant mind may (and should) be fed with "proper fare"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1786
The growing mind needs better nourishment than "conjugated verbs" and "nouns declined"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1787
"Wisdom unseals charm'd Reason's drowsy eyes."
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1787
"May Europe's race the generous toil pursue, / And Truth's broad mirror spread to every view; / Awake to Reason's voice the savage mind, / Check Error's force, and civilize mankind."
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1788
The heart may be "often-wounded," "Renew'd and heal'd"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1780, 1788
"In that bright day, whose wonders blind / The eye of the astonish'd mind; / When life's glad angel shall resume / His ancient sway"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1789
Books are "Food chiefly for the mind"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1789
"'Is there a Man, who, wealthy to no end, / 'Ne'er knew the common wish to be a Friend, / 'Whose callous Heart's to all Compassion steel'd?"
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Date: 1791
The mind may be oppress'd with "weight of care"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)