Date: 1787
"This man stiles himself a friend to the West-India colonies and their inhabitants, like Demetrius, the silversmith, a man of some considerable abilities, seeing their craft in danger, a craft, however, not so innocent and justifiable as the making of shrines for Diana, though that was base and w...
preview | full record— Cugoano, Quobna Ottobah (c. 1757-1791)
Date: 1788
"When sovereign Reason from her throne is hurl'd, / And with her all the subject senses whirl'd, / From sweet HUMANITY, the nurse of grief, / Even thy deep woes, O Phrenzy! find relief."
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1788
"The Mind herself, best judge of her own state, / Is feelingly convinced; nor to be moved / By subtle words, that may perplex the head, / But ne'er persuade the heart."
preview | full record— Crowe, William (1745-1829)
Date: 1788
Lovers are governed by Cupid and must obey the "laws of a monarch, whose throne is the heart"
preview | full record— Cobb, James (1756-1818)
Date: 1788
"While Mercy bids admiring nations own, / Thy sword her weapon, and thy heart her throne, / My love need only to thy thought commend / One dearer life, which, mighty God! defend."
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1788
"Heav'n heaves the heart, and reason rules the head."
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1788
"But if rebellion vex each vital part, / The head made dark by demons in the heart, / The will runs riot, while the passions rule, / The soul a slave, and reason quite a tool"
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1788
"The soul [is] a slave, and reason quite a tool."
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1788
"When reason governs, as her Maker meant, / Each subject passion feels its proper bent."
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1786, 1787, 1788; 1789
"And the mind's poor infirmities dash'd from their throne, / Forgetting the weakness that lives in their own."
preview | full record— Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)