Date: 1704
"The practitioners of this famous art proceed, in general, upon the following fundamental, that the corruption of the senses is the generation of the spirit; because the senses in men are so many avenues to the fort of reason, which, in this operation, is wholly blocked up."
preview | full record— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Date: 1713
"Sometimes, to wander through perfumed groves, or enamelled meadows, in the fancy of a poet."
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)
Date: 1732
"You must know, said he, that the mind of man may be fitly compared to a piece of land. What stubbing, ploughing, digging, and harrowing is to the one, that thinking, reflecting, examining is to the other."
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)