Date: 1681
"This [sadness] fetters all our Senses, pulleth down / Heav'ns Image, Reason from her rightful Throne / And in her room, by Fancies pow'rful Charm, / Sets up a feigned Ill to work our Harm."
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1806
One may possess a great deal of spirit and "sterling merit"
preview | full record— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)