Date: 1747
"Old Gripus ne'er was known to be devout, / Till Satan found his ruling passion out"
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1747
"Something there is within this strange machine, / Which elevates my mind, and makes me dive / Too deep in fate"
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1747
"Stupendous truths! here human wisdom fails, / Lost in a labyrinth of endless thought"
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1747
"E'en stern ecclesiasticks laid aside / (To welcome him) their ruling passion, pride."
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Date: 1748
"Such callous Hearts to no Impression yield, / All-guarded with Corruption's seven-fold Shield;"
preview | full record— Warton, Thomas, the elder (1688-1745)
Date: 1748
"the Persian Bands / In fearful Wonder ask; What God unseen / Such Pow'r bestow'd, and steel'd a Woman's Heart"
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Date: 1748
"These be now my Cares, / To leave the Muse for Virtue [...] but chief my Soul to steel / With adamantine Honour"
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Date: 1749
"Her gentle Sway no sanguine Wreath requir'd; / In Halcyon Hearts she fix'd her friendly Throne."
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
Man, ungoverned by reason or unguided by Instinct, may rush lawless and headlong, leaving "native Joy and gentle Peace behind"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
"Nature's bright Mirrour in thy Bosom shone"
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