Date: November, 1682
"They, who the written rule had never known, / Were to themselves both rule and law alone: / To nature's plain indictment they shall plead; / And, by their conscience, be condemn'd or freed."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1682
"I will have a care of being a Slave to my self; for it is a Perpetual, a Shameful, and the heaviest of all Servitudes; and this may be done by moderate Desires."
preview | full record— L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)
Date: 1682
"Every Man has a Judge, and a Witness within himself, of all the Good, and lll that he Does; which inspires us with great Thoughts, and administers to us wholsome Counsels."
preview | full record— L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)
Date: 1682
"Shall any Man see the Glory, and Order of the Universe; so many scatter'd Parts, and Qualities wrought into one Mass; such a Medly of Things, which are yet distinguished; the World enlighten'd, and the Disorders of it so wonderfully Regulated; and, shall he not consider the Author, and Disposer ...
preview | full record— L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)
Date: 1682
"Who would so much Unman himself, as by accepting of them, to desert his Soul, and become a perpetual Slave to his Senses?"
preview | full record— L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)
Date: 1683
"Falsely they [sense and rhyme] seem each other to oppose; / Rhyme must be made with Reason's laws to close; / And when to conquer her you bend your force, / The mind will triumph in the noble course."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
"To Reason's yoke she quickly will incline, / Which, far from hurting, renders her divine; / But if neglected, will as easily stray, / And master Reason, which she should obey."
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Date: 1684
Reason may fix "its peaceful Throne" in the mind and reign alone
preview | full record— Oldham, John (1653-1683)
Date: 1684
"The Will its easie Neck to Bondage gave, / And to the ruling Faculty became a Slave."
preview | full record— Oldham, John (1653-1683)