Date: 1751
"To this end, the Author of our nature has done two things. He has established a constancy and uniformity in the operations of nature. And he has impressed upon our minds, a conviction or belief of this constancy and uniformity, and that things will be as they have been."
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Date: 1751
"Grand objects make a deep impression upon the mind, and give force to that passion which occupies it at the time."
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Date: 1751
"Any object alarms the mind, when it is already prepared by darkness, to receive impressions of fear."
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Date: 1751
"Frightful ideas croud into the mind, and augment the fear, which is occasioned by darkness."
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Date: 1751
"The imagination is thereby kept within bounds, and under due subjection to sense and reason."
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Date: 1751
"The mind is like the eye. It cannot take in an object that is very great or very little."
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Date: 1751
"This sentiment, rooted in the mind, is an antidote to all misfortune."
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Date: 1751
"We first consider the nature of that act of the mind, which is termed belief; of which the immediate foundation is the testimony of our senses."
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Date: 1752, 1790
A mind may be " Void of all coquettish arts, / And vain designs of conquering hearts"
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Date: 1752, 1790
Apollo's "sacred fire" inspires the bard's breast, "Like the fair empty sheet he hangs to view, / Void, and unfurnish'd, till inspir'd by you."
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