Date: 1760
"There is a certain pleasing force that binds, / Faster than chains do slaves, two willing minds."
preview | full record— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)
Date: 1760, 1850
Friendship is "The indissoluble tie that binds, / In equal chains, two sister minds."
preview | full record— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)
Date: 1765
"Warm in the raptures of divine desire, / Burst the soft chain that curbs th'aspiring mind."
preview | full record— Beattie, James (1735-1803)