Date: w. 1769, 1784

"Happy (if Mortals can be) is the Man, / Who, not by Priest but Reason, rules his span:"

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Date: 1784

Cupid is "Ever gaining conquered hearts" by using Miss Hoyland's beauty as a bow

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Date: 1784

"No, Edwitha--you have a native dignity of mind incapable of degradation or alloy."

— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)

Date: 1784

" I am form'd horribly robust, as thou art, without a grain of sensibility--a heart of stone, and nerves of cast iron"

— Andrews, Miles Peter (1742-1814)

Date: 1784

"But, for the furniture within, / Whether it be of brains, or lead, / What matters it, so there's a head?"

— Jago, Richard (1715-1781)

Date: 1784

"Nor is it thinking much, but doing, / That keeps our tenements from ruin"

— Jago, Richard (1715-1781)

Date: 1784

"Oh! spare me, Julia--look on me as I am, an alter'd man--peace has been a stranger to my bosom, and remorse and sorrow my constant companions, since we parted"

— Andrews, Miles Peter (1742-1814)

Date: 1784

"Thy piercing thought / Unaided saw each movement of the mind, / As skilful artists view the small machine, / The secret springs and nice dependencies, / And to thy mimic scenes, by fancy wrought / To such a wond'rous shape, th'impassion'd breast / In floods of grief, or peals of laughter bow'd, ...

— Jago, Richard (1715-1781)

Date: 1784, 1804

"The apostle wishes and prays that the sovereign and all-conquering grace of God might reign and rule in their hearts and consciences."

— Huntington, William (1745-1813)

Date: 1784, 1804

"The apostle well knew that erroneous men would be busy in besieging their understandings, and that carnal objects would be labouring to engross their affections; vanity to entertain their minds, pleasures to attract their desires, and legality to entangle and govern their consciences."

— Huntington, William (1745-1813)