Date: 1705
"It is not to be doubted but that these things, altho' purely material, contribute to the Beauty and Nicety of Wit, because the Soul, when it is enclos'd in the Body, depends on the Organs, and those, when well dispos'd, are of much greater Aid to it in the performance of its Duty. Suppose a Pain...
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
"And all this time improve myself too, not only in Science, but in Nature, by tracing in the little Babes what all Mankind are, and have been, from Infancy to riper Years"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)