Date: 1752
A puppet may be "compell'd by secret Springs" just as an engine "moves with Motions not its own"
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Date: 1753
"A beautiful horse, and fine armour, were objects which must naturally have made an impression on the mind of one so young as Ascanius"
preview | full record— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)
Date: 1753
Aeneas's grief and distress were an "indication of his great tenderness, sensibility, and conjugal affection; and as such, must needs make a very deep impression on Dido's Heart"
preview | full record— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)
Date: 1753
"But will you fly the heroe you approve? / And steel your heart against a prince you love?"
preview | full record— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)
Date: 1753
"The clouded minds are purify'd at last."
preview | full record— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)
Date: 1753
"But when the circling seasons as they roll, / Have cleans'd the dross long-gather'd round the soul; / When the celestial fire divinely bright, / Breaks forth victorious in her native light;""
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Date: 1754
"Look in my face; and, could my heart lie bare, / The Father would be seen engraven there"
preview | full record— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)
Date: 1760
"How short aspiring Reason's vaunted Line, / When stretch'd to search thy Ways, thy Works divine!""
preview | full record— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Date: 1765
"And in this I am warranted by the example of ancient Rome; where, as Cicero informs us, the very boys were obliged to learn the twelve tables by heart, as a carmen necessarium or indispensable lesson, to imprint on their tender minds an early knowledge of the laws and constitution of their count...
preview | full record— Blackstone, William (1723-1780)
Date: 1768
"This Winged Boy a gentle mind did bear, / As gentle as the beast [a lamb] which him up-bore, / Ne could he see th'unhappy drop a tear / But it would make his breast with pity sore, / And he himself would weep and grieve therefore."
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)