Date: 1780
Locke expelled innate ideas by asserting that "disquisition and proof were the test of truth; and that whatever would not stand their touch, must be considered as base metal."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1772-1781, 1781
"But, if thy faint springs / Refuse this large supply, steel thy firm soul / With stoic pride"
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Date: 1781
"'Gainst fear and pity now thy bosom steel, / For sights more horrible I now reveal!"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1781, 1791
An "scholar, but unwise" "cannot separate the dross / From the pure ore"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: December, 1781; 1835
"Smooth, ductile, and even, [the poet's] fancy must flow, / Must tinkle and glitter like gold to the sight / And catch in its progress a sensible glow."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1782
Superficial education slights "the precious kernel of the stone" and polishes "its rough coat alone"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1782
"How Custom steels the human breast / To deeds that Nature's thoughts detest!"
preview | full record— Scott, John, of Amwell (1730-1783)
Date: 1782
The Muse, like Cato, "Well [...] supplies her want of softer art / By all the sterling treasures of the heart."
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1782
In polishing the mind, Luxury gives it a "childish cast"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)