Date: 1744
"Life animal is nurtured by the sun; / Thrives on his bounties, triumphs in his beams. / Life rational subsists on higher food, / Triumphant in His beams who made the day."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1744
"Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong, / Man's heart at once inspirits and serenes."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1759
"Some Readers read too much, as Gluttons eat, / These Flatulence produce, and those Conceit; / If you, by reading much, would Knowledge gain, / Think, while you read, or you will read in vain."
preview | full record— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Date: 1759
"Romance is, to the Mind, a noxious Feast, / Prepar'd by Art, to please a vicious Taste."
preview | full record— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)