Date: 1760-7
"A Man's body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin, and a jerkin's lining;--rumple the one--you rumple the other."
preview | full record— Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)
Date: 1761
"A veil of wisdom and honour makes so many folds about her heart, that it is impenetrable to human eyes, even to her own."
preview | full record— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779)