Date: 1711
"The Internuncii you speak of, are the Animal Spirits, and that they are the intermediate Officers between the Soul and the grosser parts of the Body no Man denies."
preview | full record— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)
Date: 1711
"And reflecting on what is transacted within us, it seems to me a very diverting Scene to think when we strive to recollect something that does not then occur; how nimbly those volatil Messengers of ours will beat through all the Paths, and hunt every Enclosure of the Organ set aside for thinking...
preview | full record— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)
Date: 1712, 1796
"Her body delicate, wherein enshrin'd, / As in its temple, dwelt a virtuous mind."
preview | full record— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)